Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note
- Date
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issue:
1940 May 15
- Language
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German
- Classification
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Exchange Media
- Category
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Money
- Object Type
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Scrip (aat)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carolyn C. Landau
Scrip, five mark note, used in Ghetto Łódź [Litzmannstadt] during the Holocaust
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