Overview
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Robert Anholt
- Markings
- front, upper center, printed in blue ink : QUITTUNG ÜBER / ZEHN KRONEN [RECEIPT OF / TEN CROWNS]
front, lower center, printed in middle text then above in blue ink : 10
front, lower center, smaller text than above, printed in blue ink : WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT / ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT. / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT [ANYONE WHO FALSIFIES OR DISTORTS OR FAKES THIS RECEIPT, OR COUNTERFEITS RECEIPT, WILL BE STRICTLY PUNISHED]
reverse, upper left in border, plate letter and number, printed in blue ink : A012
reverse, center, printed in blue ink : Quittung / über / ZEHN KRONEN [Receipt / of / TEN CROWNS]
reverse, lower center, printed in blue ink : THERESIENSTADT, AM 1.JANNER 1943 DER ALTESTE DER JUDEN / IN THERESIENSTADT [THERESIENSTADT, ON 1. JANUARY 1943 THE ELDER OF THE JEWS IN THERESIENSTADT]
reverse, bottom right, printed in blue ink : 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
- Rectangular paper scrip. The front has a graphic design in black and blue ink on a blue background. The front depicts Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters within a medallion on the left, with German text on the right. The right side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 10 in the lower corner and a 6-pointed Star of David above. The reverse has a blue geometric background design with a central purple streak, German text, and a scrollwork line. Below the text is an engraved signature. The denomination 10 is in the upper right corner. The left side has a wide, off-white border with the denomination 10 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The plate letter and number is in the upper left corner.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 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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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.
