Gerhard and Ursula Naumann Maschkowski collection

Identifier: irn526646
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn526646

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 and 2015 by Gerhard Maschkowski.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of scrip, documents, and photographs relating to the experiences of Gerhard Maschkowski before the Holocaust in Elbing, Germany, and during the Holocaust in Neuendorf and Auschwitz concentration camps, and of documents, correspondence, and photographic postcards relating to the experiences of Ursula Naumann (later Maschkowski) and her family during the Holocaust in Theresienstadt, and to both Gerhard and Ursula after the war in Deggendorf displaced persons camp, where they met, and in the United States where they later settled.

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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, owned by a German Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526647
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.000 inches (10.16 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 1 (eine) krone, belonging to Gerhard Maschkowski. Gerhard was not interned in the ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, but his wife Ursula Naumann and his parents were there several years. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Gerhard lived with his parents Arthur and Herta, and brother Siegfried ...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526649
- English
- overall: Height: 2.375 inches (6.032 cm) | Width: 4.625 inches (11.747 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 5 [funf] kronen, belonging to Gerhard Maschkowski. Gerhard was not interned in the ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, but his wife Ursula Naumann and his parents were there several years. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Gerhard lived with his parents Arthur and Herta, and brother Siegfried...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526650
- English
- overall: Height: 2.625 inches (6.668 cm) | Width: 5.250 inches (13.335 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 20 [zwanzig] kronen, belonging to Gerhard Maschkowski. Gerhard was not interned in the ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, but his wife Ursula Naumann and his parents were there several years. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Gerhard lived with his parents Arthur and Herta, and brother Siegf...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526651
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.500 inches (13.97 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 50 [funfzig] kronen, belonging to Gerhard Maschkowski. Gerhard was not interned in the ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, but his wife Ursula Naumann and his parents were there several years. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Gerhard lived with his parents Arthur and Herta, and brother Siegf...
Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526652
- English
- overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Theresienstadt scrip, valued at 500 [eine hundert] kronen, belonging to Gerhard Maschkowski. Gerhard was not interned in the ghetto-labor camp in German occupied Czechoslovakia, but his wife Ursula Naumann and his parents were there several years. Inmates were not allowed to have currency and the SS ordered the Jewish Council to design scrip for use only in the camp. Produced in 7 denominations: 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, it was issued to create a false appearance of normalcy in the camp. There was nothing to obtain with the scrip. Gerhard lived with his parents Arthur and Herta, and brother...
Allied Military Authority currency, 1 mark, for use in Germany, acquired by a German Jewish survivor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn526654
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Allied Military Authority currency, 1 mark, for use in Germany, acquired by Gerhard Maschkowski, presumably while living in Deggendorf displaced persons camp after the war. Gerhard lived with his parents Arthur and Herta, and brother Siegfried in Elbing, Germany. From 1933, the country was governed by a Nazi dictatorship that persecuted Jews. Siegfried left for Palestine in 1939 and Gerhard was sent to agricultural school. Soon after arrival, Gerhard and the others were sent to Jessenmühle labor camp. In 1941, they were transferred to Neuendorf labor camp. In April 1943, he was deported to ...
Gerhard Maschkowski collection
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn69541
- English
- 1938-2005
- folders 2
- Updated 1 year ago
Consists of documents and copies related to the Holocaust experiences of Gerhard Maschkowski, originally of Elbing, Germany. Includes a poem written on the occasion of his 1938 bar mitzvah, identity cards, and information about his experiences in Neuendorf and in Auschwitz. Also includes documents related to Ursula Naumann Maschkowski, including photographic postcards of Theresienstadt and postcards sent to the Naumann family while they were imprisoned there. Also includes material related to the Deggendorf displaced persons camp, where Gerhard and Ursula met; photographic print: black and ...

Gerhard and Ursula Naumann Maschkowski collection

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Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 1 krone note, owned by a German Jewish survivor

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 5 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 20 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 50 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor

Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note, owned by a German Jewish survivor

Allied Military Authority currency, 1 mark, for use in Germany, acquired by a German Jewish survivor

Gerhard Maschkowski collection