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Danish occupation currency, 50 kroner

Object | Accession Number: 2008.83.5
2008.83.5 front Danish occupation currency, 50 kroner Click to enlarge 2008.83.5 back Danish occupation currency, 50 kroner Click to enlarge

Occupation currency, valued at 50 kroner, 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, a white background with yellow text and a blue decorative border with swastika medallions in the corners. In the lower center is an on point square with the numerical denomination 50. In the upper center is a medallion with a male and a female bust, a sailing vessel below, and an on point square with the denomination 50 on either side. On verso, a decorative motif with a yellow background with white border and blue text and 9 medallions arranged in a diamond pattern. Two of the medallions represent the denomination; 7 are of various insignia, chiefly Nazi party symbols.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 3.560 inches (9.042 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 signatures
front center left, serial number, black ink: no. 14505
front center right, series number, black ink : serie a 1942

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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