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German occupation currency note, 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

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    German occupation currency note, 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Occupation currency note, valued at 20 kronen, issued in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942. The Germans occupied these Czech provinces in 1939, and created the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia as part of the Greater German Reich. The Czech garrison town of Theresienstadt (Terezin) was located within the Protectorate near the extended German border.
    Date
    issue:  1944 January 24
    Geography
    issue: Bohemia and Moravia (Protectorate, 1939-1945)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana Nikkels
    Markings
    front, over medallion, printed in green ink : PROTEKTORAT / BÖHMEN UND MÄHREN / ZWANZIG KRONEN / DVACET KORUN / PROTEKTORÁT ČECHY A MORAVA / PRAG, DEN 24.I.1944. - V PRAZE DNE 24.I.1944
    serial number, front bottom left corner, printed in red ink : 298992
    front, right bottom, printed in green ink : NACHMACHUNG / WIRD BESTRAFT
    front, right top, printed in green ink : PADĚLÁNÍ / SE TRESTÁ
    series number, front upper left corner, printed in red ink : S. 13H
    back, repeated text : 20KZWANZIGKRONEN20KDVACETKORUN

    Physical Details

    Language
    German Czech
    Classification
    Exchange Media
    Category
    Money
    Physical Description
    Rectangular offwhite paper currency. Face has a green geometric background and border; in the center is a green medallion. Over the medallion is German and Czech text in green ink. A horizontal band depicting a row of fruit crosses the medallion and the center. To the right of the text is a portrait of a young boy in a collared shirt within a rectangular frame. To the right is text in German and Czech. Numeric denominations are in all 4 corners of the green background; a larger numeric denomination in a medallion is to the left. A series number is in red ink in the upper left corner, and a serial number in red ink is in the lower right corner. The back has a green geometric background, with an outer border of a green geometric design and an inner border with text. On the left is a large medallion with a geometric design in green; the numeric denomination is printed in the center of the medallion. To the right, in the background, is a green shield with a lion facing to its right. There is text in green ink printed over the shield. There are numeric denominations at the right top and bottom corners of the note.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 6.125 inches (15.558 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink

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    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The occupation currency was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2009 by Diana Nikkels, the granddaughter of Abigael de Vries and the daughter of Ingeborg de Vries Nikkels.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 18:26:18
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