Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Scrip with a receipt value of 50 marks issued in 1940 in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Łódź in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Łódź ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Łódź ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
- Date
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issue:
1940 May 15
- Geography
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issue:
Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland);
Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jack Goldman
- Markings
- front, lower left corner and upper right, in black ink : 50
front, upper left, in red ink : No 045293
front, upper center, in green ink : Quittung über [Receipt for]
front, center, in green ink : Fünfzig Mark [Fifty mark]
front, lower center, in green ink : Der Aelteste der Juden / in Litzmannstadt / M. R[-?] [The Elder of the Jews in Lodz, (illegible signature of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski)]
front, lower right, in green ink : Litzmannstadt, den 15 Mai 1940 [Lodz, the 15 of May, 1940]
back, upper left and lower right corners, and upper right, in black ink : 50
back, upper center, in green ink : Quittung / über [Receipt for] - Contributor
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Subject:
Jack Goldman
- Biography
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Jack Goldman was in the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos in Poland during the Holocaust. In 1945, he traveled to Łódź, looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. He later settled in the United States.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Scrip (aat)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular paper scrip. Front has large black German text at center, with smaller German text below. In right third, a vertical band with black numerical denomination 50 at top, a scroll with German text below, and a 6-pointed star, or Magen David, at bottom. Serial number in upper left corner;in lower left corner, numerical denomination 50. Background is a blue lattice design of 6-pointed stars. Back has same blue lattice background. In center in green, there is a 7-branched candelabrum, or menorah, in a design of concentric circles. Large German text in black across design. There is smaller German text at center top and center bottom; numerical denomination 50 in 3 corners: upper left and right, lower right.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jack Goldman.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:28:56
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Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note, given to a survivor searching for relatives
Object
Scrip with a receipt value of 50 cents issued in 1940 in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Łódź in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Łódź ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Łódź ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
Object
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Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note, given to a survivor searching for relatives
Object
Scrip with a receipt value of 5 marks issued in 1940 in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Łódź in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Łódź ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Łódź ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
Łódź ghetto scrip, 10 mark note, given to a survivor searching for relatives
Object
Scrip with a receipt value of 10 marks issued beginning May 15, 1940, in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Łódź in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Łódź ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Łódź ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
Łódź ghetto scrip, 20 mark note, given to a survivor searching for relatives
Object
Scrip with a receipt value of 20 marks issued in 1940 in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Łódź in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Łódź ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Łódź ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
