Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note
http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn47997-irn46973 an entity of type: RecordSet
The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Martin Shallow III.
1943 January 01
irn46973
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note
overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
Scrip, valued at 1[eine] krone, issued in Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The currency was designed by inmate Peter Kien and printed by the National Bank of Prague. Inmates received the scrip according to a 5-tiered distribution system or as payment for conscript labor arranged by the Jewish Council of Elders who administered the daily life of the ghetto for the Germans. It is unclear what, if anything, could be purchased with the scrip, which was printed in great volume. Theresienstadt camp, located in German occupied Czechoslovakia, existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. Approximately 140,000 Jews were sent to Theresienstadt; nearly 90,000 were deported to near certain death in the east, and roughly 33,000 died in the camp, most of disease and starvation.
No restrictions on access
No restrictions on use
Theresienstadt scrip printed on rectangular offwhite paper in green ink. The face has a vignette of Moses, with a long beard and wrinkled brow, holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew. To the right is the denomination 1 and German text. The background rectangle has an intricate latticework pattern. The right side has a wide margin with the denomination 1 below a Star of David. The reverse has a rectangle with a background of interlocked squares overprinted with the denomination 1 in the upper right corner, and German text, an engraved signature, and a large scrollwork line in the center. The left side has a wide margin with the denomination 1 below a Star of David within a striped circle. The plate letter and number are in the upper left corner. It is discolored, stained, and creased.