Soviet Union, 10 chervonets note, acquired by a Hungarian Jewish forced laborer 2005.303.6 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Soviet bank note, 10 chervonets, issued 1937, acquired by 21-year old Louis Davis when he served in a Hungarian forced labor unit on the Russian front during World War II. Louis was from a region in Czechoslovakia that was annexed by Hungary in 1938. He was able to stay in school at the Jewish Gymnasium, but when he graduated in 1943, he was ordered into the Hungarian army, close allies of Nazi Germany. He was put in charge of a forced labor battalion of Jewish boys who were responsible for rebuilding bombed railroads on the eastern front during the German retreat from Russia. After liberation, Louis returned to find his family gone, so he went to Prague. He was eventually reunited with his father and mother, who had survived Auschwitz. The family emigrated to the United States in 1946.
Soviet bank note, 10 chervonets, issued 1937, acquired by 21-year old Louis Davis when he served in a Hungarian forced labor unit on the Russian front during World War II. Louis was from a region in Czechoslovakia that was annexed by Hungary in 1938. He was able to stay in school at the Jewish Gymnasium, but when he graduated in 1943, he was ordered into the Hungarian army, close allies of Nazi Germany. He was put in charge of a forced labor battalion of Jewish boys who were responsible for rebuilding bombed railroads on the eastern front during the German retreat from Russia. After liberation, Louis returned to find his family gone, so he went to Prague. He was eventually reunited with his father and mother, who had survived Auschwitz. The family emigrated to the United States in 1946.
- Title: Soviet Union, 10 chervonets note, acquired by a Hungarian Jewish forced laborer 2005.303.6 front
- Provenance: The paper money was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Deborah Kronenberger, the daughter of Louis Davis., The paper money was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Deborah Kronenberger, the daughter of Louis Davis.
- Subject Keywords: Forced labor--Hungary--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Persecution--Czechoslovakia. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Hungary--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern front--Personal narratives, Jewish., Forced labor--Hungary--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Personal narratives, Jewish. Jews--Persecution--Czechoslovakia. World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Hungary--Personal narratives, Jewish. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern front--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: Rectangular bank note on white paper. Recto is printed in green ink with the denomination 10 in each corner and a large 10 on the left edge. On the right is a medallion with an image of Lenin in a suit. Around the border is a decorative swirl. At the center top is a roundish medallion with the denomination: десять [ten]. In the center is a symbol with a ribbon wrapped wheat wreath around a globe with a hammer and sickle above. There a light green десять in the center with text on top. The serial number is printed twice on the front. Verso has a green border with the denomination 10 in each corner and a large 10 in a center medallion. There is text on both sides of the medallion; the background has a wavy line design in purple, orange, and blue ink, with 10 Chervonets in 10 different languages., Rectangular bank note on white paper. Recto is printed in green ink with the denomination 10 in each corner and a large 10 on the left edge. On the right is a medallion with an image of Lenin in a suit. Around the border is a decorative swirl. At the center top is a roundish medallion with the denomination: десять [ten]. In the center is a symbol with a ribbon wrapped wheat wreath around a globe with a hammer and sickle above. There a light green десять in the center with text on top. The serial number is printed twice on the front. Verso has a green border with the denomination 10 in each corner and a large 10 in a center medallion. There is text on both sides of the medallion; the background has a wavy line design in purple, orange, and blue ink, with 10 Chervonets in 10 different languages.
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