us-005578-irn520541-irn517368
date: 1940 May 15
scope and content: 1 (eine) 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.
type: RecordSet
is or was included in: us-005578-irn520541
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Offwhite paper scrip printed in green ink with black text. The face has a background latticework pattern. The denomination 1 is in the lower right corner in bold font. There is a 1 inch right margin, then a rectangle with a border of barbed wire interspersed with Stars of David. The inside has a background of interlocked Jewish stars with a large star in a circle in the upper left corner and a smaller one in the center of the right side border. Across the center is the denomination and other German text. The serial number in red ink replaces the upper right border. The back has a blank background with the denomination 1 in bold font in the lower left corner. There is a 1 inch left margin, then a rectangle with a border of barbed wire interspersed with Stars of David. The inside has 2 sets of 8 concentric rings with the numerical denomination in the center. A banner with the textual denomination connects the rings. The banner crosses over a 7-branched candelabrum in the center, with German text above and below.
has record set type: Item
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn520541-irn517368/acquisitions/1
identifier: irn517368
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 4.500 inches (11.43 cm)
has or had holder: us-005578
history: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Marvin Benn.
title: Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn520541-irn517368/alternateIDs/1