Overview
- Brief Narrative
- One coin depicting a Star of David and a Menorah
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Al Kooper
Physical Details
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Coins (lcsh)
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Al Kooper.
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- 2024-02-01 09:04:48
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The collection consists of money, 3 scrip notes and 2 coins, from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland
Date: approximately 1940
Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
Object
One 50 pfenning note printed in black, red, and light red from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. The note depicts a Star of David and a Menorah
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
Object
1 (eine) mark receipt issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in May 1940. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers.
Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note
Object
Five mark note printed in black and light brown inks from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin
Object
10 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip and tokens were designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers.
