Tins of coffee , which were hard to come by in Germany late in the war , served this same purpose in many camps .
Cigarettes were also used to bribe German guards to provide the prisoners with outside items that would otherwise have been unavailable to them .
Tins of coffee , which were hard to come by in German late in the war , served this same purpose in many camps .
Cigarettes were also used to bribe German guards to provide the prisoners with outside items that would otherwise have been unavailable to them .