"Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin"@en . "The coin was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2002 by Al Kooper."@en . "irn519976" . . "overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)"@en . "No restrictions on access"@en . . "No restrictions on use"@en . . "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."@en . . . . . "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."@en . .