Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark note
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1987 by Steven Feiler.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Steven Feiler
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
10 (zehn) mark note receipt created in the Łódź ghetto, renamed Litzmannstadt by Nazi Germany after they occupied the city in September 1939. When the Germans transferred Jews to the ghetto, they confiscated all currency in exchange for Quittungen [receipts] that could be spent only inside the ghetto. The scrip was designed by the Judenrat [Jewish Council] and includes traditional Jewish symbols. Although the notes are dated May 15, 1940, the inital printing occurred in March. The ghetto was liquidated by the Germans in August 1944.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Lodz (Litzmannstadt) ghetto 10 mark note printed on rectangular offwhite paper paper in green, and black ink. The face has the denomination 10 in the lower left and upper right corner and the red ink serial number in the upper left. There is a light green underprint of interlocked chains with alternating large and small ovals. On the right is a rectangle with a dark green pattern of interlocked Stars of David, resembling a barbed wire fence. In the curved upper left corner is a solid green Star of David within a circle. Across the center is the denomination Zehn Mark and German text. The back has a rectangle with a green background of interlocked Stars of David. In the top left corner is the denomination Zehn Mark and in the bottom left corner is a 7 branch candelabrum. On the right is a blank 1.75 inch margin with a Star of David outline within a black square in the upper left corner and the denomination 10 below. The note is stained, creased with a small hole, and has a tape repair in one corner.
back, right, handwritten, blue ink : 54622
Subjects
- Jewish ghettos--Economic aspects--Poland--Łódź.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Economic aspects.
- Jewish councils--Economic aspects--Poland--Łódź.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945--Economic aspects.
Genre
- Exchange Media
- Object