Leah Rosenfield collection

Identifier: irn85534
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Leah Rosenfield in 1994.

Scope and Content

The collection conisists of scrip from the Łódź ghetto.

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Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8847
- English
- overall: Height: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm) | Width: 3.370 inches (8.56 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
Scrip with a receipt value of 50 cents issued in 1940 in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland, which was renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans following their invasion and occupation of Poland in September 1939. When the Germans transferred Jews to the ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for scrip that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] of the Łódź ghetto, and includes traditional Jewish symbols.
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8848
- English
- overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
5 (funf) 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, 5 mark coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn8849
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
5 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 killin...

Leah Rosenfield collection

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Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark coin