us-005578-irn521939-irn18324
type: RecordSet
archival history: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Bernard Feingold.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Rectangular, light brown paper coupon with a rectangular orange floral background design with scalloped edges with a narrow, blank border printed on the front. German text, the denomination 2, a serial number, and an asterisk are printed in black ink over the floral design. There are 5 lines of handwritten English cursive script on the back. back, handwritten : a Russian Jew who was a prisoner at Buchenwald for over four years gave me this. This is the money the Germans used to pay the prisoners but they had no place to spend it. I gave him 2 cigarettes for this.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1945 April
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had some members with language: eng
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn18324
is or was included in: us-005578-irn521939
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: 2 Reichsmark Buchenwald Kantine coupon given to Bernard Feingold, a US soldier, by a Russian Jewish inmate in exchange for two cigarettes. Feingold inscribed the note with story of its receipt. In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.
title: Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 2 Reichsmark, given to and inscribed by a US soldier