Vocabulary:

The acronym V.V.B. with or without punctuation stands for Vereinigung Volkseigener Betriebe which describes an early grouping of two or more East German V.E.B. facilities. From the mid-fifties onwards the V.V.B. structure was slowly replaced by reorganizing smaller companies under the leadership of the largest V.E.B. in the respective group which also gave the name for the whole combinate.