Al Kooper collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn510383
• English
• Updated 11 months ago

One 50 pfenning note printed in black, red, and light red from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. The note depicts a Star of David and a Menorah

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn510384
• English
• overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

1 (eine) mark receipt issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in May 1940. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or kill...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn510385
• English
• Updated 11 months ago

Five mark note printed in black and light brown inks from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn519975
• English
• overall: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

One coin depicting a Star of David and a Menorah

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn519976
• English
• 1943
• overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 11 months ago

10 mark coin issued in the Łódź ghetto in Poland in 1943. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1940; Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and annexed to the German Reich. In February, the Germans forcibly relocated the large Jewish population into a sealed ghetto. All currency was confiscated in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be exchanged only in the ghetto. The scrip and tokens were designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. The Germans closed the ghetto in the summer of 1944 by deporting the residents to concentration camps or killi...