us-005578-irn54256-irn61059
has or had holder: us-005578
history: The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Stuart Blaugrund and Cynthia Gladstone.
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
title: Republic of Czechoslovakia, paper currency, 50 korun note owned by a Hungarian Jewish former concentration camp inmate
is or was included in: us-005578-irn54256
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1944-01-01
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn54256-irn61059/acquisitions/1
scope and content: Fifty korun note bank note that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), when it annexed by Hungary in fall 1938. In 1942, Ladislav was conscripted into a Hungarian forced labor battalion. He was sent to Nagybana labor camp, and, in 1944, to the Ukraine and Balf labor camp. In January 1945, Ladislav was transported to Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria, and in March, via death march to Gunskirchen subcamp. The camp was liberated by the US Third Army on May 5, 1945. Ladislav's father Julius and his sisters, Edith and Klari, were deported to Auschwitz in May 1944; only Edith survived. Ladislav emigrated to El Paso, Texas, with the assistance of his maternal grandparents and uncles in June 1946.
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identifier: irn61059
history: Ladislav Glattstein (later Larry Gladstone) was born on September 26, 1922, in Vysna Kamenica, Czechoslovakia, (now Slovakia), the only son of Julius, born 1884, and Anna Blaugrund Glattstein. He was born in the same house where his great-grandfather was born in 1828. His father’s family was Jewish Orthodox and prosperous from forestry, livestock, and farming. Julius was an innkeeper and teacher, and a World War I veteran. His only brother left for America after that war. Anna had six brothers: Joe, b. 1884, and Herman, Max, Sigmund, David, b. 1903, and Maurice, b. 1907. One brother immigrated to El Paso, Texas, in 1903. The others joined him and they operated several retail furniture stores. Ladislav had two sisters: Edith, born November 11, 1924, and Klari, born in 1929. Around 1930, they moved from their small village where they were the only Jews, to Mukacevo (now Mukacheve, Ukraine), partly for its educational opportunities. Ladislav attended a Zionist oriented school, taught all in Hebrew. His main language was Slovak, but he was fluent in German and Hungarian. His father taught religion in the public schools where it was a required subject. In 1938, Ladislav’s grandparents, Ignatz (Isaac) and Hany (Chaya) Ungar Blaugrund, left for El Paso. Ladislav’s mother Anna died in 1938 after a long illness. In September 1938, Germany annexed the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia, and Hungary annexed the Supcarpathian Rus, which included Mukacevo. Hungary had anti-Jewish laws similar to the Nuremberg racial laws of its close ally, Nazi Germany. By 1940, when Ladislav graduated high school, Jews could not attend university and he began tutoring in Hebrew, Latin, and math. Jewish males were not accepted into the army, but many were conscripted into forced labor battalions, which were controlled by the army. In summer 1941, Hungary joined in the German invasion of the Soviet Union. By 1943, Ladislav was in a forced labor battalion, digging ditches for communication cables and r…
record resource extent: overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1944-12-31
has record set type: Item
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn54256-irn61059/alternateIDs/1
has or had some members with language: ces
physical characterisitics and technical requirements: Laminated, rectangular, offwhite paper currency. The face has a graphic design with a geometric border in purple ink on a green/yellow background. On the left is a realistic portrait of a clean shaven man, General Milan Rastislav Stefanik, in a military uniform with a decorated cap; his name is above the image. To the right are the serial number, Czech text and an engraved signature superimposed on a leafy plant design with the numeric denomination 50 in the background. The denomination 50 is in the upper corners, with text in a banner in the center. The back has a graphic design in blue ink on a yellow background. In the center is a rectangle with a checked border and the numeric denomination 20 with letters on either side; the rectangle has Czech text above and is within a floral design. On the lower center is a rampant lion within a shield, the Coat of Arms of Czechoslovakia. The denomination 20 is in the lower left and right corners. The note is creased and stained.