Leo Pelkington collection

Identifier: irn78483
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn78483

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2001 by Leo Pelkington.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of seven pieces of scrip.

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1. United States (7)
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1. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (7)

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Displaying items 1 to 7 of 7

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14162
- English
- overall: Height: 2.200 inches (5.588 cm) | Width: 3.400 inches (8.636 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14163
- English
- overall: Height: 2.600 inches (6.604 cm) | Width: 4.800 inches (12.192 cm)
- Updated 1 year 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...
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 2 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14164
- English
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 4.900 inches (12.446 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14165
- English
- overall: Height: 2.900 inches (7.366 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14166
- English
- overall: Height: 2.990 inches (7.595 cm) | Width: 5.900 inches (14.986 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14167
- English
- overall: Height: 3.100 inches (7.874 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn14168
- English
- overall: Height: 3.300 inches (8.382 cm) | Width: 6.500 inches (16.51 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago

Leo Pelkington collection

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Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 2 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 20 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 mark note