us-005578-irn90408-irn6900
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has or had holder: us-005578
archival history: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Moses Silberberg.
biographical history: Moses Silberberg was born ca. June 12, 1912, in Konskie, Russia (now Poland) to Berek and Matla Goldberg Silberberg. Berek, a grocer, was born in 1889, in Wolbrom, Russia (Poland), to Shlomo and Chaia Silberberg. Matla was born in 1891, in Konskie, to Jacob and Chava Goldberg. Moses’s family lived in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his father. Moses attended a local Jewish day school and helped his parents at the store. The family was very observant and practiced Hasidic Judaism. When he was about ten, Moses went to live with his paternal grandparents in Wolbrom, so his grandfather, a rabbi, could help him prepare for his bar mitzvah. When Moses returned to Konskie, he studied at the local yeshiva until he graduated. Moses’s grandmother Chava Goldberg died. In 1937, there was a Polish boycott of Jewish businesses, though many of the Silberberg’s Polish customers continued to shop at the store. On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. A week later, a group of German soldiers broke into the Silberberg's store and robbed it. On the 15th, soldiers returned and padlocked the store. Later that night, Moses and his parents snuck in and took food and supplies back to their apartment. The next day, more soldiers came to empty out the store. Anything they did not want, they threw into the street for Polish people to take. Soldiers began rounding up Jewish men and taking them to a nearby factory. Moses and his father Berek hid in a small room in their apartment, which was hidden behind furniture. Soldiers came looking for them, but Matla said they were away, fighting in the war. The men in the factory were given no food or water and were taken away each night. In early October, the soldiers burned down the 500 year old synagogue near Moses’s apartment. Not long after, four Germans were killed by Polish soldiers, who falsely accused Jews as the perpetrators. As retribution, German soldiers selected a group of seventy Jews, including Moses’s grandfather Jacob …
identifier: irn6900
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
title: Buchenwald Standort-Kantine concentration camp scrip, 3 Reichsmark, issued to inmate
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physical characteristics and technical requirements: Rectangular, light brown paper coupon with a rectangular, dark yellow floral background design with scalloped edges and a narrow, blank border printed on the front. German text, the denomination 3, a serial number, and an asterisk are printed in black ink over the floral design. The scrip is creased, discolored,and torn.
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is or was included in: us-005578-irn90408
scope and content: Buchenwald canteen coupon, 3 Reichsmark, issued to Moses Silberberg between February-April 1945 when he was imprisoned in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. There were two types: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades. On September 6, 1939, the German Army entered Moses’s town, Konskie, Poland. In spring 1941, Moses and his parents, Berek and Matla, were interned in the ghetto. In October 1942, Moses, Berek, and Matla left for Krakow ghetto. Moses was a slave laborer in Krakau-Płaszów concentration camp. On March 13 and 14, 1943, the ghetto was liquidated and Berek and Matla were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau killing center. On February 5, 1944, Moses was sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. The camp was evacuated on January 18, 1945, and Moses was sent on a death march to Gross-Rosen in Germany. In February, he was sent to Buchenwald where he was liberated by US soldiers on April 11, 1945. In June, Moses was sent to recuperate at a displaced persons camp in Switzerland. He then lived in Bergen Belsen displaced persons camp. Nearly his entire extended family was killed during the war. Moses married a fellow survivor, Estera Jaeger, and they settled in Switzerland.
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 4.125 inches (10.478 cm)
date: 1945 February 10-1945 April