I was TDY in Weimar Germany when rhe war ended. Serving as an escort for German patients inGerman military hospitals . They were classed asunarmed citizens. That is another story. 22 GI medics had this job for 90 days. We ate and slept in their hospitals They fed us.
There was no money and NOTHING to buy. One time I did get a beer. gratis!
After that we all went PCS to Marsielles Fr. Here it was a different story. 2 NCOs One motor Sgt. One section Sgt. rounded up a case and a 1/2 of cigarettes. some Mickey mouse watches and lighters from the PX. Duplicated a vehicle numher of a wrecked Jeep ion the motor pool. put a false bottom in a jeep trailer and cut false orders to Berlin. They both had real leave papers just in case. They were run off the road near Dijon Fr. Given a new Jeep from Depot stock and made it to Berlin and back. cigarettes sold for 20 a pack 200 a carton. MOst Russian soldiers had 5 thousand dollars pay a one time deal for the end fo the war.
Each had over 10000 dollars after they swapped their national currency for US dollars in the staging areas crap games. My NCO mailedd his home ina shoe box.