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Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

Object | Accession Number: 1996.91.1
1996.91.1 front Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note Click to enlarge 1996.91.1 back Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note Click to enlarge

Five (5) mark scrip note from Łódź Ghetto

Date
1940 May 15
Language
German
Classification
Exchange Media
Category
Money
Object Type
Scrip (aat)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of an Anonymous Donor

About This Object

Physical Description
serial No. 258202; black ink on green paper
Dimensions
overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Signature
preprinted signature of Chaim Rumkowski, Eldest of the Jews

Administrative History

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

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use
 
Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:12:12
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5 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip and tokens were designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers.

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