10,000 Kronen bank note

Also in Appenzeller and Dukes families collection

Photographs and documents; related to Dukes and Appenzeller families, donor’s maternal and paternal families. Erna Appenzeller, the donor, was born in Vienna on July 12, 1929, to Wilhelm Appenzeller, b. 4/2/1883 and Irma Dukes Appenzeller, b. 11/29/1892. After the November 10, 1938 pogrom, Wilhelm Appenzeller decided to take his family out of Germany. On Aug. 3, 1939 they were able to leave for Milan, Italy. Only in November 1940 the family of three was able to reach Lisbon, Portugal. In June 1941 they were able to board the SS Serpa Pinto and sailed to New York. German passports; marked with a red letter “J” issued to Wilhelm and Irma Appenzeller and Child ID “Kinderausweis” marked with red “J” to indicate that they were Jews. Postcard; dated November 16, 1940 sent by Irma Appenzeller’s sister Frieda and her husband Rudolf Gruen; they were both deported from Vienna to Opole Lubelskie on Feb. 15, 1941 Reparation correspondence; Austrian banknote; Ruler; wooden, with inscription: ”Erna Appenzeller, IV grade”