Mexico, paper currency, 1 peso owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate 2012.409.14 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Mexican one peso bank note issued in January 1945 that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), when it was 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.
Mexican one peso bank note issued in January 1945 that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. Ladislav, 18, and his family lived in Munkacs, Czechoslovakia (Mukacheve, Ukraine), when it was 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.
- Title: Mexico, paper currency, 1 peso owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate 2012.409.14 front
- Provenance: The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Stuart Blaugrund, executor, and Cynthia Gladstone, the daughter of Larry Gladstone., The bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Stuart Blaugrund, executor, and Cynthia Gladstone, the daughter of Larry Gladstone.
- Subject Keywords: Concentration camp inmates--Austria--Biography. Death marches--Austria--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives, Jewish. Holocaust survivors--Texas--El Paso--Biography. Forced labor--Hungary--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Hungary--Personal narratives, Jewish., Concentration camp inmates--Austria--Biography. Death marches--Austria--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Hungary--Personal narratives, Jewish. Holocaust survivors--Texas--El Paso--Biography. Forced labor--Hungary--Biography. Jewish refugees--United States--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Hungary--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- 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: Offwhite paper bank note with a graphic design and English and Spanish text printed in black, blue, and red ink. The face has a black patterned border and the denomination 1 within a medallion in each corner. The serial number and series letter, 1452591, Serie T, and issue date, 17 - 1 45 are printed in red ink on the left and right sides. In the center is a depiction of the circular Aztec calendar stone within a medallion. Two medallions with the denomination 1 and Spanish text flank this medallion. Signatures and printing information are printed along the bottom. The back has a blank border with an ornate, decorative red rectangle with a large scalloped medallion with the denomination 1 on each side. In the center is an image of the Mexico City Independence Monument within a columned frame. There is a black seal encircled by Spanish text on the right side and a black geometric design in the lower left corner. There is Spanish at the top, the textual denomination at the bottom, and printing information in English in the border. The note is worn, wrinkled, and stained., Offwhite paper bank note with a graphic design and English and Spanish text printed in black, blue, and red ink. The face has a black patterned border and the denomination 1 within a medallion in each corner. The serial number and series letter, 1452591, Serie T, and issue date, 17 - 1 45 are printed in red ink on the left and right sides. In the center is a depiction of the circular Aztec calendar stone within a medallion. Two medallions with the denomination 1 and Spanish text flank this medallion. Signatures and printing information are printed along the bottom. The back has a blank border with an ornate, decorative red rectangle with a large scalloped medallion with the denomination 1 on each side. In the center is an image of the Mexico City Independence Monument within a columned frame. There is a black seal encircled by Spanish text on the right side and a black geometric design in the lower left corner. There is Spanish at the top, the textual denomination at the bottom, and printing information in English in the border. The note is worn, wrinkled, and stained.
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