Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note

Object | Accession Number: 1996.13.4

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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note

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Date: issue: 1943 January 01
Geography: issue: Theresienstadt (Concentration camp); Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: Scrip (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Ruth Renée Heyum Trust

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Physical Description: Rectangular paper scrip. The front has a graphic design in black and brown ink on a brown background. The front depicts Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters in a medallion on the left, with German text on the right. The right side has an off-white border with the denomination 100 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The reverse has a brown geometric background design with German text, and a scrollwork line. Below the text is an engraved signature. The denomination 100 is in the upper right corner. The left side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 100 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The serial number is in the upper left corner. The series number is on the right, center under the scrollwork.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink
Markings: front, upper center, printed in brown ink : QUITTUNG ÜBER / HUNDERT KRONEN [RECEIPT OF / HUNDRED CROWNS]
front, lower center, printed in middle text then above in brown ink : 100
front, lower center, smaller text than above, printed in brown ink : WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT / ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR COUNTERFEITS RECEIPT, WILL BE STRICTLY PUNISHED]
reverse, upper left in border, serial number, printed in red ink :
reverse, right center below scrollwork, series number, printed in red ink :
reverse, center, printed in brown ink : Quittung / über / HUNDERT KRONEN [Receipt / of / HUNDRED CROWNS]
reverse, lower center, printed in black ink : THERESIENSTADT, AM 1.JANNER 1943 DER ALTESTE DER JUDEN / IN THERESIENSTADT [THERESIENSTADT, ON 1. JANUARY 1943 THE ELDER OF THE JEWS IN THERESIENSTADT]
reverse, bottom right, printed in black ink : Jakob Edelstein
Topical Term: Concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezín (Severocesky kraj)
Concentration camps--Economic aspects.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by the Estate of Ruth Renée Heyum.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2022-09-07 17:52:36
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