Polish złoty
The Lithuanian authorities started a campaign of "de-Polonization" of the city, similar policies also targeted the Jews. Immediately upon entering the city, the Lithuanian authorities abolished the use of Polish złoty and ordered the currency to be converted to Lithuanian litas, with a 250% devaluation. Soon other discriminatory policies followed. During the several months-long period of retaking of Lithuanian capital, which Poles considered a Lithuanian occupation, roughly 50,000 Lithuanians (mostly officials of state ministries and their family members) came to the city.