us-005578-irn84161-irn4083
type: RecordSet
archival history: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Sheldon Green, of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Łódź ghetto scrip printed on rectangular offwhite paper in green, purple, and black ink. The face has the denomination 50 in the lower left and upper right corners and a Star of David in the upper left and lower right corners. There is a rectangle of interlocked Magen David with a 7 branched menorah in the center over a latticework underprint. There is an overprint of the denomination 50 PFENNIG and German text in the center. The back has the denomination 50 in the top corners with FUNFZIG PFENNIG in the top center. The serial number and German text are in the bottom center. There is a background of interlocked Magen Davids. The scrip is soiled, very worn, and has creases and tears.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
date: 1940 May 15
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has or had subject: 513
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn4083
is or was included in: us-005578-irn84161
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.125 inches (5.398 cm) | Width: 3.375 inches (8.573 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: 50 pfennig 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.
title: Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note