Austrian one schilling scrip
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 2.310 inches (5.867 cm) | Width: 4.440 inches (11.278 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 by the family of Joseph Strip.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the family of Joseph Strip
Scope and Content
Austrian one schilling scrip issued in 1944 by the Alliierte Militarbehorde, one of a number of materials documenting the experiences of the Stripounsky (later Strip) family: Menachem Nathan and Regina Stripounsky and their sons Joseph and Asriel during the time period surrounding the Holocaust. The Stripounskys fled Antwerp, Belgium in May 1940 to France. After a year, they got American visas, traveling via Spain and Portugal, arriving in New York in May 1941. Joseph was sent by the US Army to Germany in 1944.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Austrian 1 schilling scrip, blue ink on white paper.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media