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Danish occupation currency, 1 krone

Object | Accession Number: 2008.83.2
2008.83.2 front Danish occupation currency, 1 krone Click to enlarge 2008.83.2 back Danish occupation currency, 1 krone Click to enlarge

Occupation currency, valued at 1 krone, issued in Denmark by the German occupation regime in 1942. Denmark was occupied by Germany from April 9, 1940, to May 5, 1945.

Date
issue:  1942
Geography
issue: Denmark
Language
Danish
Classification
Exchange Media
Category
Money
Object Type
Occupation currency (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Niels Bach

About This Object

Physical Description
Rectangular paper currency. On recto, white background with text in yellow/brown ink and a decorative border with corner medallions depicting the numerical denomination 1. There are 2 insignia located in the upper center left and the center right. The upper center, in square on point, has a male bust dressed in military attire, with a depiction of a sailing vessel directly below. On verso, yellow paper with dark brown ink with decorative motif located upper center with 9 medallions arranged in a diamond pattern: 2 medallions represent the denomination; 7 are various insignia, chiefly Nazi party symbols.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 3.620 inches (9.195 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
Materials
overall : paper, ink
Markings
front center, brown ink : fœdrelandet / for danmarks Ӕre•frihed•og•ret
front lower center, right and left, brown ink : 2 illegible signature
front center left, serial number, black ink: no. 21382
front center right, series number, black ink : serie a 194

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The occupation currency was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2008 by Niels Bach.

Rights and Restrictions

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

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:26:06
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The collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, and documents relating to the history of the Holocaust and the occupation of Denmark by Germany during World War II.

Date: 1938-1944

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Object

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Object

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Object

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Document

Contains a postcard sent from Vienna in 1938 with image of poster “Der Ewige Jude”; a postcard with caricature of Kurt Schuschnigg, Jews, clergy running away from new regime; a postcard with the stamp depicting Winston Churchill and captioned ”Not worth a penny”; a letter written by a Jewish prisoner in Sachsenhausen to his family, dated November 3, 1940; a letter written by a prisoner in Dachau concentration camp to his family in Oppeln; and a letter written by German authorities in Brno to Jan Lustig warning him that his account will be confiscated if he doesn’t present himself, on the other side the pencil notation reads (in translation) "all the Jews left in the unknown direction," dated February 18, 1944.

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