1980. The Olympics in Moscow. Otherwise empty shelves in the shops are well stocked for once so that foreign tourists do not think that the Soviets have nothing to eat.
But of course, the locals know that this will be over soon. Just when the Olympics are over. So they take every opportunity to stock their kitchen cupboards and refrigerators and they stand in the enormous lines for the food. To top it off, a large poster is hung: "Caviar for sale!" Like, look, we even have caviar.
At 5 o'clock in the morning, before the supermarket has even opened, there is a huge queue of people. So that when the store opens, they can reach the area faster.
The manager steps forward and says to the line of customers:
"Comrades, unfortunately the supply of caviar is limited and not enough for everyone. I ask all Jews to go home."
The Jews leave the line. The rest remains standing.
In a few hours the manager comes back and says:
"There is not enough caviar for everyone. So only members of the Communist party are allowed to stay."
Nothing you can do about it, everyone understands. They're going home.
A few more hours later the manager walks out again and says:
"Sorry, there is not enough caviar for everyone. I only ask the veterans of the Second World War to stay, the rest can go home."
He also sends the veterans home at closing time. And only the veterans of the Civil War 1918–1922 may be helped. And yet there is a very old man who keeps waiting. The manager accompanies him inside, gives him a glass of vodka and says: "Grandpa, sorry, you know which country we live in. I don't have to explain it to you, you are old enough. There is no caviar and never has been." "Yes, I understand and I don't blame you. I just have a question: WHY WERE JEWS ALLOWED TO GO HOME FIRST?!"