Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988 by Anthony Bissonnette.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Anthony Bissonette
Scope and Content
Scrip, valued at 20 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.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Subjects
- Concentration camp inmates--Czech Republic--Terezin (Ustecky kraj)
- Concentration camps--Economic aspects.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media