Lodz ghetto scrip, 10 mark note, given to a survivor searching for relatives 2005.450.4 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Scrip with a receipt value of 10 marks issued beginning May 15, 1940, in the Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Lodz in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Lodz ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Lodz ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
Scrip with a receipt value of 10 marks issued beginning May 15, 1940, in the Jewish ghetto in Lodz, Poland, renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their occupation of Poland in September 1939. The scrip was given to Jack Goldman by a survivor of the ghetto in 1945. Goldman was himself a survivor of the Lublin and Warsaw ghettos. He was in Lodz in 1945 looking for loved ones, but did not find any who had survived. When the Germans transferred Jews to the Lodz ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Lodz ghetto. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
- Title: Lodz ghetto scrip, 10 mark note, given to a survivor searching for relatives 2005.450.4 front
- Provenance: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jack Goldman., The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Jack Goldman.
- Subject Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Holocaust survivors--Poland. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--Economic aspects. Jews--Persecutions--Poland., Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland. Holocaust survivors--Poland. Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--Economic aspects. Jews--Persecutions--Poland.
- Type: Exchange Media, Exchange Media
- Rights: Permanent Collection, Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Rectangular paper scrip. Front has large German text in black at center, with smaller German text in black at upper and lower left, and lower right corner. Numerical denomination 10 in lower left corner and upper right corner. Serial number in upper left corner. Background is green, with a lattice of 6-pointed stars, or Magen David. Back has same green lattice background. There is a 7-branched candelabrum, or menorah, is in lower left corner; a 6-pointed star in upper right. Numerical denomination 10 in lower right. German text in upper left corner and along bottom., Rectangular paper scrip. Front has large German text in black at center, with smaller German text in black at upper and lower left, and lower right corner. Numerical denomination 10 in lower left corner and upper right corner. Serial number in upper left corner. Background is green, with a lattice of 6-pointed stars, or Magen David. Back has same green lattice background. There is a 7-branched candelabrum, or menorah, is in lower left corner; a 6-pointed star in upper right. Numerical denomination 10 in lower right. German text in upper left corner and along bottom.
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