Theresienstadt ghetto-labor camp scrip, 100 kronen note
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm) | Width: 5.875 inches (14.923 cm)
Archival History
The Theresienstadt scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015 by Susan Gayer Meeks.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Gayer Meeks
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Theresienstadt scrip printed on watermarked, rectangular, offwhite paper in orange and brown blue ink. On the face is a vignette with Moses, a bearded man with a wrinkled brow, holding 2 stone tablets with the 10 Commandments in Hebrew. To the right is the denomination 100 and German text. The background rectangle has an abstract starlike pattern. On the right side is a wide margin with the denomination 100 in the bottom corner below a Star of David. The reverse has a blue oval strand pattern with a central purple streak overprinted with the denomination 100 in the upper right corner, and German text, an engraved signature, and a large scrollwork line in the center. On the left side is a wide margin with the denomination 100 in the bottom corner below a Star of David within a striped circle. The plate letter and number are in the upper left and lower right corners.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media