Buchenwald Aussenkommando scrip for SS Ko. Rottleberode, -.50 Reichsmark
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.875 inches (7.303 cm) | Width: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1989 by Michael Greenberg.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Michael Greenberg
Scope and Content
.50 Reichsmark Buchenwald Aussenkommando [Outside Command] scrip for SS Ko. Rottleberode concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen scrip and exchange scrip issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, discolored, light brown paper coupon with a pale green floral patterned rectangle with scalloped edges and a narrow unprinted border printed on the front. There is German text in the top left corner and diagonally across the center. The serial number 4311 is in the lower center and the denomination -.50 is in the lower right. An SS camp name is stamped in purple ink diagonally right of center. The reverse is blank.
front, right, stamped, purple ink : Ko.Rottleberode
Corporate Bodies
Subjects
- Slave labor--Germany--Rottelberode--Economic aspects.
- World War, 1939-1945--Conscript labor--Germany--Rottelberode--Economic aspects.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Rottleberode--Economic aspects.
- Concentration camps--Economic aspects.
Genre
- Money
- Exchange Media
- Object