Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note

Object | Accession Number: 1989.286.1

Date: issue: 1940 May
Geography: use: Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland); Łódź (Poland)
Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: Scrip (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Joseph Trost

Physical Description: Rectangular form constructed of paper; geometric purple and white graphic design; on recto, white Star of David in purple squares in upper left corner and lower right corner, purple menorah in background in center, black text at center that reads "50 PFENNIG," and "Der Aelteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt" underneath; on verso, printed in black ink is "Quittung Über Fünfzig Pfennig" at center top with "50" at both corners and "No. 862435" in red at center bottom.
Topical Term: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź.
Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Joseph Trost in 1989.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2021-02-10 09:22:27
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