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Ravensbruck concentraton camp scrip, 1 mark note, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate

Object | Accession Number: 1996.149.9
1996.149.9 back Ravensbruck concentraton camp scrip, 1 mark note, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate Click to enlarge 1996.149.9 front Ravensbruck concentraton camp scrip, 1 mark note, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate Click to enlarge
Date
received:  approximately 1942-1945
Language
German
Classification
Exchange Media
Category
Money
Object Type
Scrip (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mina Goldstein

About This Object

Physical Description
Green piece of paper; recto: printed text in black ink, "Deutsche Textil- und Bekleidungswerke/G.m.b.H. Ravensbrück/PRAEMIENSCHEIN/WERT: RM 1.--"; verso: printed text in black ink, "Arbeitsstelle:/E/0101"
Dimensions
overall: Height: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm) | Width: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Contributor
Subject: Mina Goldstein
Biography
Mina Lewkowicz (sometimes spelled Minna, later Mina Goldstein) was born on 1 April 1924 in Łódź, Poland. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 she and her parents were interned in Łódź ghetto in March 1940. Mina and her mother Zlata were deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in October 1944. Mina worked in the tailor shop sewing SS uniforms. She was paid in camp scrip, but there was nothing to buy with it. Mina was rescued by the Swedish Red Cross in April 1945, when Ravensbrück inmates were transported to Sweden by special arrangement with the German government. Her mother perished in Ravensbrück. She was reunited with her father at a displaced persons camp in Berlin after May 1945. Mina later married Jakob Grochowski (born 20 July 1915), a survivor of the Płaszów ghetto and Mauthausen.

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mina Goldstein.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2023-10-16 13:59:02
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Object

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Document

The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Mina Goldstein (née Lewkowicz), a survivor of the Łódź ghetto and Ravensbrück concentration camp. Included are wartime photographs taken in the Łódź and Warsaw ghettos, a studio portrait of Mina and her parents wearing Star of David badges, Documents include postwar identification cards issued to Mina identifying her as a Jewish refugee in the Düppel Center displaced persons camp and as a former prisoner of Ravensbrück, and her future husband Jakob Grochowski (Goldstein) as a former prisoner of Mauthausen. Also included is a newspaper clippings from Sweden regarding former prisoners of Ravensbrück and a document related to restitution.

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