Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, issued to a German Jewish inmate 2005.522.7 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Scrip receipt for 100 kronen issued to 16 year old Marion Sapir when she was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt labor camp from 1942-1944. Currency was confiscated upon entry and scrip was distributed per a 5-tier rating or received for conscript labor while in camp. Marion found there was nothing to purchase with the notes. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and in July 1941, Marion, her parents, and her 11 year old brother were sent to Westerbork transit camp and deported to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. In 1944, they were transferred to Auschwitz. Her mother was murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. Marion was sent to Oederan labor camp. When that camp was evacuated because of advancing US troops, she was sent back to Theresienstadt where she was liberated in May 1945. Her brother died in a camp shortly after liberation, but her father survived. They were reunited in Amsterdam in September 1945 and immigrated to the United States in 1947.
Scrip receipt for 100 kronen issued to 16 year old Marion Sapir when she was imprisoned in the Theresienstadt labor camp from 1942-1944. Currency was confiscated upon entry and scrip was distributed per a 5-tier rating or received for conscript labor while in camp. Marion found there was nothing to purchase with the notes. In May 1940, Germany occupied the Netherlands, and in July 1941, Marion, her parents, and her 11 year old brother were sent to Westerbork transit camp and deported to Theresienstadt in Czechoslovakia. In 1944, they were transferred to Auschwitz. Her mother was murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. Marion was sent to Oederan labor camp. When that camp was evacuated because of advancing US troops, she was sent back to Theresienstadt where she was liberated in May 1945. Her brother died in a camp shortly after liberation, but her father survived. They were reunited in Amsterdam in September 1945 and immigrated to the United States in 1947.
- Title: Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, issued to a German Jewish inmate 2005.522.7 front
- Provenance: The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Marion Sapir., The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Marion Sapir.
- Subject Keywords: Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish families--Netherlands--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Netherlands. Women concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezín (Ustecky kraj)--Personal narratives., Holocaust survivors--United States--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Netherlands--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jewish families--Netherlands--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Netherlands. Women concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezín (Ustecky kraj)--Personal narratives.
- 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. The face has a graphic design in black and red/brown ink on a red/brown patterned background. The face depicts a bearded Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters, with a long-fingered hand in front of the tablets, in a medallion on the left, with the denomination 100 and German text on the right. The right side has a wide offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The reverse has a red/brown geometric background with German text and a scrollwork line. Below the text is an engraved signature. The denomination 100 is in the upper right corner. The left side has a wide offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The serial number in red ink is in the upper left corner. The series letter in red ink is near the lower right corner., Rectangular paper scrip. The face has a graphic design in black and red/brown ink on a red/brown patterned background. The face depicts a bearded Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters, with a long-fingered hand in front of the tablets, in a medallion on the left, with the denomination 100 and German text on the right. The right side has a wide offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The reverse has a red/brown geometric background with German text and a scrollwork line. Below the text is an engraved signature. The denomination 100 is in the upper right corner. The left side has a wide offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the lower corner with a 6-pointed Star of David above. The serial number in red ink is in the upper left corner. The series letter in red ink is near the lower right corner.
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