Hungarian 5 pengo paper note issued by the Soviet Army owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate 2012.409.11 back
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Soviet Army occupation currency, value Öt (five) pengo, that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. The note was issued by the Soviet Army during its occupation of Hungary in 1944. 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 which 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.
Soviet Army occupation currency, value Öt (five) pengo, that belonged to Ladislav Glattstein. The note was issued by the Soviet Army during its occupation of Hungary in 1944. 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 which 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: Hungarian 5 pengo paper note issued by the Soviet Army owned by a Hungarian Jewish youth and former concentration camp inmate 2012.409.11 back
- Provenance: The pengo bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Stuart Blaugrund and Cynthia Gladstone., The pengo bank note was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Stuart Blaugrund and Cynthia 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: Öt (5) pengo occupation paper currency on offwhite paper printed with blue and red ink. The face has an intricate background latticework pattern. The foreground design is a rectangle with an ornate, layered, geometric and swirl pattern. Within the rectangle are several lines of Hungarian text with the denomination ÖT PENGO in the center, flanked by the numeric denomination 5 in bold, stylized font. The reverse has the latticework background. Inthe center is a rectangular design formed by 2 bands with an ornate geometric and circular pattern joined by 2 large, ornately patterned ovals with the numeric, patterned denomination 5 in the center. There is Hungarian text in the center of the rectangle. The date appears within a diamond in the lower band. The scrip is worn, creased, and discolored., Öt (5) pengo occupation paper currency on offwhite paper printed with blue and red ink. The face has an intricate background latticework pattern. The foreground design is a rectangle with an ornate, layered, geometric and swirl pattern. Within the rectangle are several lines of Hungarian text with the denomination ÖT PENGO in the center, flanked by the numeric denomination 5 in bold, stylized font. The reverse has the latticework background. Inthe center is a rectangular design formed by 2 bands with an ornate geometric and circular pattern joined by 2 large, ornately patterned ovals with the numeric, patterned denomination 5 in the center. There is Hungarian text in the center of the rectangle. The date appears within a diamond in the lower band. The scrip is worn, creased, and discolored.
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