Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Anholt
- Markings
- face, center, red ink : QUITTUNG ÜBER / ZWEI KRONEN / 2 / WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT / ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [Receipt / of / TWO CROWNS / ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR COUNTERFEITS RECEIPT, WILL BE STRICTLY PUNISHED]
face, lower right corner, red ink : 2
reverse, upper left corner, plate mark, red ink : A006
reverse, upper right corner, red ink : 2
reverse, lower left corner, red ink : 2
reverse, center, red ink : Quittung / über / ZWEI KRONEN / THERESIENSTADT, AM 1.JANNER 1943 DER ALTESTE DER JUDEN / IN THERESIENSTADT / Jakob Edelstein [Receipt / of / TWO CROWNS / THERESIENSTADT, ON 1. JANUARY 1943 THE ELDER OF THE JEWS IN THERESIENSTADT / Jakob Edelstein]
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
- Theresienstadt 2 kronen scrip printed on rectangular, offwhite paper in red-brown and light red ink. The face has a vignette with an image of Moses, a bearded man with a wrinkled brow, holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew. To the right is the denomination 2 and German text. The background rectangle has a geometric latticework pattern. On the right is a wide, offwhite border with 2 in the bottom corner below a Star of David. The reverse has a background rectangle with an interlocked diamond pattern, overprinted with German text, an engraved signature, and a scrollwork line. The denomination 2 is in the upper right corner. On the left is a wide, off-white border with 2 in the lower corner below a Star of David in a lined circle. The plate letter and number are in the upper left corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014 by Robert Anholt.
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 21:51:16
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn597629
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Also in Anholt and Joosten families collection
Postcard written by Herman Joosten who was from Zaltbommel, Netherlands to his sister upon his imminent deportation to the Westerbork internment camp in The Netherlands. From there he was eventually deported to the Malapane slave labor camp in Poland. Additional documents, surrounding the Anholt and Joosten families, a cigar box and scrip.
Anholt and Joosten families papers
Document
Contains a postcard written by Herman Joosten, from Zaltbommel, Netherlands to his sister just before his deportation to the Westerbork internment camp in the Netherlands. From there he was eventually deported to the Malapane slave labor camp in Poland. Also contains documents concerning the Anholt and Joosten families.