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 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. 384953" in red at center bottom.red ink, and German text.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 3.400 inches (8.636 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 scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Rita Spiegel, the daughter of Abraham Spiegel.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:16:28
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562328
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Also in Abraham Spiegel collection
Consists of one pre-war and wartime file of papers gathered and used by Abraham Spiegel, originally of Munkács, Czechoslovakia, to establish himself as a Hungarian citizen. Includes scrip from both the Theresienstadt and Litzmannstadt ghettos and official documents and paperwork for the Spiegels once they arrived in the United States, including passports. The paperwork focuses on Abraham Spiegel and his wife, Edita Rosenwasser Spiegel.
Date: 1928-1972
Abraham Spiegel papers
Document
The Abraham Spiegel papers consist of biographical materials documenting the Spiegel family, originally from Munkács (formerly Hungary) and Bardejov (Slovakia). Records include birth, marriage, and death certificates, residency and citizenship documents, and immigration and naturalization records. The papers particularly reflect the Spiegel family’s efforts to document their Hungarian citizenship to avoid deportation as Jewish non-citizens following the border realignments of the First Vienna Award in 1938 as well as Abraham’s immigration to the United States in 1947 with his wife and son.
