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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

Object | Accession Number: 1990.209.1
1990.209.1 Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note Click to enlarge 1990.209.1 back Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note Click to enlarge

Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

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 Regina Schwarz de Hassan

About This Object

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 within a medallion on the left, with German text on the right. The right side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 5 in the lower corner and a 6-pointed Star of David above. The reverse has a brown geometric background design with a central orange streak, German text, and a scrollwork line. Below the text is an engraved signature. The denomination 5 is in the upper right corner. The left side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 5 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The plate letter and number is in the upper left corner.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Markings
front, upper center, printed in brown ink : QUITTUNG ÜBER / FÜNF KRONEN [RECEIPT OF / FIVE CROWNS]
front, lower center, printed in middle text then above in brown ink : 5
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, plate letter and number, printed in brown ink : A018
reverse, center, printed in brown ink : Quittung / über / FÜNF KRONEN [Receipt / of / FIVE CROWNS]
reverse, lower center, printed in brown 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 brown ink : Jakob Edelstein

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Regina de Hassan.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:21:20
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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

Object

Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note

Object

Scrip, valued at 5 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.

Tallit

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Object

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