us-005578-irn510333-irn512293
type: RecordSet
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Circular, silver colored metal coin, possibly aluminum or magnesium. The obverse has an embossed design with a 6 pointed Star of David, German text, and the year in the center over a circular line interspersed with Stars of David. There is a circle etched around the outer rim. The reverse has an embossed design with the denomination 10 mark in the center crossed by a banner with German text. There is German text engraved in a circle near the depressed rim.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: 1943-01-01
has end date: 1943-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has record set type: Item
history: The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Sven Sonnenberg.
identifier: irn512293
is or was included in: us-005578-irn510333
record resource extent: overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: 10 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; 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 and tokens were 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.
title: Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin