Overview
- Brief Narrative
- .50 Reichsmark Buchenwald Aussenkommando [Outside Command] scrip issued to Magdolna Schrieber while a prisoner in Buchenwals concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.
- Geography
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issue:
Buchenwald (Concentration camp);
Weimar (Thuringia, Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Peter Gorog
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, discolored, light brown paper coupon with a pale green floral patterned rectangle with scalloped edges and a narrow unprinted border printed on the front. There is German text in the top left corner and diagonally across the center. The serial number 96039 is in the lower center and the denomination -.50 is in the lower right.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.477 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Buchenwald scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by Peter Gorog who received it from the niece of Magdolna Schrieber.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-01-12 13:18:34
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Also in Magdolna Schrieber collection
The collection consists of two SS Standart Kantine Buchenwald Außenkommando scrip relating to the experiences of Magdolna Schrieber who was a prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany during the Holocaust.
Date: approximately 1944
Buchenwald Aussenkommando scrip, -.50 Reichsmark issued to an inmate
Object
.50 Reichsmark Buchenwald Aussenkommando [Outside Command] scrip issued to Magdolna Schrieber while a prisoner in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.
