Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note 

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note 

overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm) 

5 (funf) mark receipt issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in May 1940. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killing centers.