Ravensbruck concentraton camp scrip, 1 mark note, issued to a Polish Jewish inmate

Identifier
irn11365
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1996.149.9
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 2.120 inches (5.385 cm) | Width: 2.870 inches (7.29 cm)

Creator(s)

Biographical History

Mina Lewkowicz (sometimes spelled Minna, later Mina Goldstein) was born on 1 April 1924 in Łódź, Poland. After the German invasion of Poland in 1939 she and her parents were interned in Łódź ghetto in March 1940. Mina and her mother Zlata were deported to the Ravensbrück concentration camp in October 1944. Mina worked in the tailor shop sewing SS uniforms. She was paid in camp scrip, but there was nothing to buy with it. Mina was rescued by the Swedish Red Cross in April 1945, when Ravensbrück inmates were transported to Sweden by special arrangement with the German government. Her mother perished in Ravensbrück. She was reunited with her father at a displaced persons camp in Berlin after May 1945. Mina later married Jakob Grochowski (born 20 July 1915), a survivor of the Płaszów ghetto and Mauthausen.

Archival History

The scrip was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Mina Goldstein.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Mina Goldstein

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Green piece of paper; recto: printed text in black ink, "Deutsche Textil- und Bekleidungswerke/G.m.b.H. Ravensbrück/PRAEMIENSCHEIN/WERT: RM 1.--"; verso: printed text in black ink, "Arbeitsstelle:/E/0101"

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.