Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Scrip receipt for 5 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
- Date
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issue:
1940 May 15
- Geography
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issue:
Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland);
Łódź (Poland)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of John Rokacz and Joseph Rokacz
- Markings
- face, upper right corner, printed, black ink : 5
face lower left corner, printed black and orange ink : 5
face, rectangle upper left corner, printed, black ink : Quittung / über [Receipt for]
face, center, printed, black and orange ink : Fünf Mark [Five Marks]
face, bottom, printed, black ink : Der Aelteste der Juden / in Litzmannstadt / M. Rumkowski / Litzmannstadt, den 15 Mai 1940 [Receipt for five marks / The Elder of the Jews in Litzmannstadt M. Rumkowski / Litzmannstadt, 15 May 1940]
reverse, upper left corner, printed black ink : Quittung über / Fünf Mark [Reciept for five marks]
reverse, bottom, printed, black ink : WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT ODER GEFÄLSCHTE / QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [Anyone who falsifies or copies this receipt, or traffics in counterfeit receipts, will be strictly punished]
reverse, lower right, printed, black and orange ink : 5 - Contributor
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Subject:
Marian Rokacz
- Biography
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Marian Rokacz was born on December 14, 1910, in Poland. He was a resident of the Łódź before the war. Marian married Eva Honigbaum, who was born on August 23, 1916. Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany in September 1939. In February 1940, the German forcibly relocated the Jewish residents to a sealed ghetto. Marian assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the war. After the liberation of the city by Russian troops, they were able to return to the large apartment in which they had lived before the war. The couple immigrated to the United States in March 1953 and had two sons. Marian, age 86, passed away in March 1987. Eva, age 88, died on October 13, 2004.
Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Scrip (aat)
- Physical Description
- Rectangular, offwhite, paper scrip. The face has a background latticework pattern in green ink with the serial number in red ink in the upper left corner. The denomination 5 is in the lower left corner in bold font and in the upper right corner in a black square. There is a 1.5 inch left margin, then a rectangle with a curved upper left corner with a background of interlocked Stars of David with a large star in a circle on the upper left in brown ink. Across the center is the textual denomination with German text above and below and an engraved signature on the lower right. The back has a blank background with a 1.5 inch right margin, then a rectangle with a pattern of interlocked Jewish stars in brown ink. There is German text in the upper left corner and below the rectangle, and a 7-branched candelabrum within the lower left corner. The denomination 5 in bold font is outside the border at the lower right corner; above this, near the upper right corner, is a Star of David outline in a black square.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 5.125 inches (13.018 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
- Inscription
- face, upper left corner, stamped, red ink : No 491464
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by John Rokacz and Joseph Rokacz, the sons of Marian Rokacz.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-08-30 12:06:23
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Also in Marian Rokacz collection
The collection consists of nine pieces of Łódź ghetto scrip relating to the experiences of Marian Rokacz as a detainee in the ghetto in Łódź (Litzmannstadt), Poland, during the Holocaust.
Date: 1940
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 1 mark issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 1 mark issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 2 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 2 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 2 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 2 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 10 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland.Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 10 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódz, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note, acquired by a ghetto inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 20 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódz, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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] which administered the ghetto for the Germans 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note, acquired by an inmate
Object
Scrip receipt for 20 marks issued to Marian Rokacz when he was imprisoned in the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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. Marian had assumed the identity of a Christian Pole and worked for the Germans during the occupation.
