Lodz ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

Object | Accession Number: 1995.69.5

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Lodz ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

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Date: 1940 May 15 (issue)
Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Money
Object Type: Scrip (aat)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carolyn C. Landau

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Physical Description: recto: facsimile signature of "Chaim Rumkowski" lower right; pre-printed "No. 117646/Quittung/ueber/Fuenf Mark/Der Aelteste der Juden/in Litsmannstadt/Litzmannstadt den 15. Mai 1940" across face; star of David upper left; verso: pre-printed number "5" lower right; star of David, upper right; "Quittung ueber/fuenf Mark..." candelabra lower left
Dimensions: overall : 2.750 x 5.000 in. (6.985 x 12.7 cm.)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, adhesive, colored pencil
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1995 by Carolyn Landau.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
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