Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note 2012.168.1 front
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Washington, United States
Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
Scrip, valued at 100 kronen, issued in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto-labor camp in 1943. All currency was confiscated from deportees upon entry and replaced with scrip and ration coupons that could be exchanged only in the camp. The Theresienstadt camp existed for 3.5 years, from November 24, 1941 to May 9, 1945. It was located in a region of Czechoslovakia occupied by Germany, renamed the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, and made part of the Greater German Reich.
- Title: Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note 2012.168.1 front
- Location: Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945., Czechoslovakia--History--1938-1945.
- Provenance: The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Mark W. Glickman., The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Mark W. Glickman.
- Subject Keywords: Concentration camps--Economic aspects--Czech Republic--Terezin (Ustecky kraj) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Economic aspects. Jewish ghettos--Economic aspects--Czech Republic--Terezin (Ustecky kraj) World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Economic conditions., Concentration camps--Economic aspects--Czech Republic--Terezin (Ustecky kraj) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia--Economic aspects. Jewish ghettos--Economic aspects--Czech Republic--Terezin (Ustecky kraj) World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Economic conditions.
- 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: Theresienstadt scrip printed on rectangular, offwhite paper with a graphic design on the face in black and red-brown ink on a red-brown patterned background. On the left is a medallion with an image of a bearded Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters, to the right is the denomination 100 and German text. In the right is a wide offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the bottom corner below a 6-pointed Star of David. The reverse has a red-brown geometric background with German text, an engraved signature, and a scrollwork line. The denomination 100 is in the upper right corner. On the left is a wide, offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the bottom corner below a 6-pointed Star of David. The serial number 010378 is in the upper left corner. The series letter N in red ink is on the lower right., Theresienstadt scrip printed on rectangular, offwhite paper with a graphic design on the face in black and red-brown ink on a red-brown patterned background. On the left is a medallion with an image of a bearded Moses holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew characters, to the right is the denomination 100 and German text. In the right is a wide offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the bottom corner below a 6-pointed Star of David. The reverse has a red-brown geometric background with German text, an engraved signature, and a scrollwork line. The denomination 100 is in the upper right corner. On the left is a wide, offwhite border with the denomination 100 in the bottom corner below a 6-pointed Star of David. The serial number 010378 is in the upper left corner. The series letter N in red ink is on the lower right.
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