Al Kooper collection

Identifier: irn519924
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn519924

Acquisition

The collection was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum by Al Kooper in 2002.

Scope and Content

The collection consists of money, 3 scrip notes and 2 coins, from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland

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Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510383
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
One 50 pfenning note printed in black, red, and light red from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland. The note depicts a Star of David and a Menorah
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510384
- English
- overall: Height: 2.500 inches (6.35 cm) | Width: 3.750 inches (9.525 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 ghetto scrip, 5 mark note
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn510385
- English
- Updated 1 year ago
Five mark note printed in black and light brown inks from the ghetto in Łódź, Poland
Łódź (Litmannstadt) ghetto scrip, coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519975
- English
- overall: Height: 0.880 inches (2.235 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
One coin depicting a Star of David and a Menorah
Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn519976
- English
- 1943
- overall: | Diameter: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
- Updated 1 year ago
10 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 killi...

Al Kooper collection

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Łódź ghetto scrip, 50 pfennig note

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 1 mark note

Łódź ghetto scrip, 5 mark note

Łódź (Litmannstadt) ghetto scrip, coin

Łódź (Litzmannstadt) ghetto scrip, 10 mark coin