Physical Details
- Language
- German
- Physical Description
- Rectangular paper scrip. The front has a graphic design in black and green ink on a green background. The front depicts Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters in a medallion on the left, with German text on the right. The right side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 20 in the lower corner and a 6-pointed Star of David above. The reverse has a green geometric background design with German text, and a scrollwork line. Below the text is an engraved signature. The denomination 20 is in the upper right corner. The left side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 20 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The serial number is in the upper left corner. The series number is on the right, center under the scrollwork.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 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
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn562432
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.
50 Pfennig Scrip
Object
