Buchenwald canteen coupon given to a concentration camp inmate
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 3.125 inches (7.938 cm) | Width: 4.375 inches (11.113 cm)
Archival History
The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1993 by Arnold Wolf.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Arnold Wolf
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Repeated orange tri-life motif on white ground with black print; canteen note (Kantine Wertmarke); printed recto: "SS Standort-Kantine-Buchenwald/RM. 2 RM./Wertmarke 96520"; verso: inscribed "Ricklinger str. 14", added column of numbers in graphite, and address (illegible) in ink; Buchenwald, Germany; not dated (circa 1943-1945). In German.
Verso: blue penciled "Ricklinger str. 14" and penciled math calculation with text.
Genre
- Exchange Media
- Object
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