Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 5 mark note
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.750 inches (6.985 cm) | Width: 5.000 inches (12.7 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Henry and Rose Brewster.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Henry and Rose Brewster
Scope and Content
Scrip receipt for 5 marks issued in the Jewish ghetto in Łódź, Poland. Nazi Germany occupied Poland on September 1, 1939. Łódź was renamed Litzmannstadt and, in February 1940, 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 killing centers.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular, offwhite, paper scrip missing both lower corners. The face has a rectangular, background latticework pattern in green ink with the serial number in red ink in the upper left corner. The denomination 5 is in the upper right corner in a black square. There is a 1.5 inch left margin, then a rectangle with a curved upper left corner with a background of interlocked Stars of David with a large star in a circle on the upper left in brown ink. Across the center is the textual denomination with German text above and below and an engraved signature on the lower right. The back has a blank background with a 1.5 inch right margin, then a rectangle with a pattern of interlocked Jewish stars in brown ink. There is German text in the upper left corner and below the rectangle, and a 7-branched candelabrum within the lower left corner. The denomination 5 in bold font is outside the border at the lower right corner; above this, near the upper right corner, is a Star of David outline in a black square.
face, upper left corner, stamped, red ink : No 382981
Subjects
- Litzmannstadt-Getto (Lódź, Poland)--Economic aspects.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Łódź--Currency.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Łódź--Economic aspects.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media