Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Scrip (aat)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Elizabeth Margosches
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Record last modified: 2018-01-11 14:23:16
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Also in Elizabeth Margosches family collection
The collection consists of artifacts, design artwork, buttons, coins, pencils, sewing materials, wallets, biographical materials, correspondence, a diary, documents, photographs, books and other printed materials, and immigration, restitution, and subject files relating to the experiences of the Margosches and Reik families in Czechoslovakia, France, England, the United States, and Brazil before, during, and after the Holocaust.
Date: 1888-2010
Purse
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Purse used by Helene Reik while she was in Thersienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust.
Red leather pouch used by a Czech Jewish inmate in Theresienstadt
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Pouch used by Helene Reik while she was interned in Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, beginning in Janaury 1942. Helene died there in 1943 from an infection following several surgeries performed in the camp hospital.
Monogrammed paper pouch with a painted floral design used in the Theresienstadt ghetto
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Pouch was used by Helene Reik to hold correspondence sent to her while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Wallet
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The wallet was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Wallet
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The wallet was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Pencil
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The pencil was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Pencil
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The pencil was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Eraser
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The eraser was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Coin
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Button
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The button belonged to Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Crochet hook used in the Theresienstadt ghetto
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Crochet hook used by Helene Reik while she was imprisoned in the ghetto in Terezin (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust. Helene Reik died in 1943 from an infection as a result of several surgeries performed on her in the Theresienstadt ghetto.
Cuticle pusher
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The manicure tool was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Manicure scissors
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The manicure scissors were used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Unfinished lace circle with scalloped edges owned by a prisoner in Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp
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Unfinished lace circle and thread ball that belonged to Helene Reik while she was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt ghetto/labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia. Helene died in 1943 from an infection as a result of several surgeries performed on her in the camp.
White ribbon with U-481 written repeatedly owned by a Jewish woman in Theresienstadt
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bbon belonged to Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Two round glass lenses, two green plastic legs and; green plastic pieces of frame from the Theresienstadt ghetto
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The eyeglasses were used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Lock of hair
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Golden-brown lock of hair belonging to Helene Reik and cut by her shortly before she died.
Package of white powder
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Gray darning thread
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The thread belonged to Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Trunk keys
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Fabric samples
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Czech postage stamps, 120K
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Czech postage stamps, 60H
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Dried and Pressed Flower
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Fabric samples
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Elizabeth Margosches family papers
Document
The Elizabeth Margosches family papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, photographs, books and other printed materials, design artwork, immigration files, restitution files, and subject files documenting the lives of the Margosches and Reik families in Czechoslovakia, France, England, the United States, and Brazil before, during, and after World War II. The papers are particularly strong in documenting Karl and Irene Margosches' efforts to leave Czechoslovakia and their eventual immigration to the United States. The papers also contain a unique diary that Helene Reik composed in Theresienstadt on the backs and in the margins of correspondence and photographs she had brought to the camp or received in the camp.
Name tag
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Pencil
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The pencil was used by Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
Trunk
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The trunk belonged to Helene Reik while she was in the ghetto in Terezín (Theresienstadt), Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) during the Holocaust.
