Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Scrip, valued at 2 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp and acquired by David Klipp. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp, located in German occupied Czechoslovakia. David was deported on Janaury 17, 1940, to Łódź Ghetto in Poland from Lithuania. On August 28, 1944, he was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. He was on the same transport as Chaim Rumkowski, the head of the Jewish Council. David was then selected for forced labor and sent to Continental-Gummi-Werke, AG factory, a subcamp of Neuengamme. He worked on the upper floors where rubber was cooked. On November 30, he was sent to Ahlem, another Neuengamme subcamp, to work in an old mine. Ahlem was being evacuated on April 6, 1945, when the prisoners were liberated by British and American soldiers. David relocated to Hannover, Germany on December. 11, 1945. He emigrated to the United States in 1950.
- Date
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issue:
1943 January 01
- Geography
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issue:
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp);
Terezin (Ustecky kraj, Czech Republic)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of David Klipp
- Markings
- face, center, red ink : QUITTUNG ÜBER / ZWEI KRONEN / 2 / WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT / ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [Receipt / of / TWO CROWNS / ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR COUNTERFEITS RECEIPT, WILL BE STRICTLY PUNISHED]
face, lower right corner, red ink : 2
reverse, upper left corner, plate mark, red ink : A022
reverse, upper right corner, red ink : 2
reverse, lower left corner, red ink : 2
reverse, center, red ink : Quittung / über / ZWEI KRONEN / THERESIENSTADT, AM 1.JANNER 1943 DER ALTESTE DER JUDEN / IN THERESIENSTADT / Jakob Edelstein [Receipt / of / TWO CROWNS / THERESIENSTADT, ON 1. JANUARY 1943 THE ELDER OF THE JEWS IN THERESIENSTADT / Jakob Edelstein] - Contributor
-
Subject:
David Klipp
- Biography
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David Klipp was born on July 9, 1905, in Skudy (Skuodas), Lithuania. On January 17, 1940, David was forced out of his apartment and was brought to the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. In spring 1944, the Germans decided to destroy the Ghetto. On August 28, 1944, he was transported to Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland. He was on the same transport as Chaim Rumkowski and Leon Rosenblat. He was then selected for forced labor and sent to Continental-Gummi-Werke, AG factory, a subcamp of Neuengamme. He worked on the upper floors where rubber was cooked. On November 30, 1944, David was sent to Ahlem, also a subcamp of Neuengamme, to work in an old asphalt mine. Ahlem was being evacuated on April 6, 1945, when the prisoners were liberated by British and American soldiers. David relocated to Hannover, Germany on December. 11, 1945. While there, he met his future wife Estelle. She had been deported from Łódź and survived Auschwitz, Sasel, and Bergen Belsen concentration camps. David emigrated to the United States in 1950.
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
- Theresienstadt scrip printed on rectangular, offwhite paper in red/brown and light red ink. The face has a vignette with an image of Moses, a bearded man with a wrinkled brow, holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew. To the right is the denomination 2 and German text. The background rectangle has a geometric latticework pattern. On the right is a wide, offwhite border with 2 in the bottom corner below a Star of David. The reverse has a background rectangle with an interlocked diamond pattern, overprinted with German text, an engraved signature, and a scrollwork line. The denomination 2 is in the upper right corner. On the left is a wide, off-white border with 2 in the lower corner below a Star of David in a lined circle. The plate letter and number are in the upper left corner. Scrip is discolored but appears unused.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Concentration camp inmates--Biography. Concentration camps--Economic aspects. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Lithuania--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź--Personal narratives, Lithuanian. Slave labor--Germany--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany--Personal narratives.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by David Klipp.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:21:13
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The collection consists of scrip relating to the experiences of David Klipp during and after the Holocaust during which he was imprisoned in the Łódź ghetto in Poland and Auschwitz and Neuengamme concentration camps.
Date: 1943-1945
Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian resident
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian survivor
Object
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian survivor
Object
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 10 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian survivor
Object
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian survivor
Object
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian survivor
Object
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, acquired by a Jewish Lithuanian survivor
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