Buchenwald Aussenkommando slave labor camp scrip, value 1 Reichsmark, received by a Polish Jewish inmate
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Buchenwald coupon valued at 1 Reichsmark received by Julius Gingold when he was imprisoned in Sonneberg-West, a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, from November 17, 1944-May 1945. Scrip was issued in the camp as a means of improving worker productivity. In March 1943, Julius and his fiance, Regina Huppert, were sent from the Jewish ghetto in Krakow, Poland, to Plaszow concentration camp. In October 1944, Regina was deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau, then Lichtewerden labor camp in Czechoslovakia. On October 15, Julius was sent to Gross-Rosen and then, on November 4, to Buchenwald in Germany. On November 17, he was deported to Sonneberg-West. The camp was liberated by the US Army in May 1945. Julius was transferred to Hof an der Saale displaced persons camp, where he reunited with Regina. The couple married in 1946, and emigrated to the United States in 1949.
- Title: Buchenwald Aussenkommando slave labor camp scrip, value 1 Reichsmark, received by a Polish Jewish inmate
- Provenance: The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2005 by Regina Gingold, the wife of Julius Gingold.
- Subject Keywords: Concentration camps--Economic aspects. Concentration camp inmates--Germany--Biography. Deportees--Poland--Biography. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Weimar (Thuringia)--Personal narratives. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Personal narratives. World War (1939-1945)--Conscript labor--Personal narratives, Jewish.
- Type: Exchange Media
- Rights: Permanent Collection
- External Link: See the full record at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- Medium: Rectangular, discolored, light brown paper coupon with a pale blue floral patterned rectangle with scalloped edges and a narrow unprinted border printed on the front. There is German text printed in the top left corner and diagonally across the center. The serial number 6340 is in the lower center and the denomination -1. is in the lower right. An SS camp name is stamped in purple ink diagonally right of center. The reverse is blank. A Waffen SS cam assignment is stamped in red ink diagonally across the center and an illegible signature is in the right corner. A 4 line SS identifying stamp is stamped in red ink diagonally across the center. It is deeply creased, with adhesive tape on the front and reverse. The reverse is blank.
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