Currency

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Held by: Montreal Holocaust Museum via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)
Dates: January 01, 1943 (indexed as 1943)
Level: item
Scope & content: Value of 50 Kronen. On the front, a bearded man, Moses, is holding the Tables of the Law inscribed with the Ten Commandments. The man's hand is placed in front the lower part of the text hidding the 6th commandment ''You Shall Not Kill' . The verso has a rectangular graphic design and a 6-pointed Star of David on bottom left corner. Narrative: The ghetto-camp of Theresienstadt, operational from November 1941 to May 1945, had its own currency. German currency was confiscated upon arrival. Every Reichsmark was exchanged for 10 Theresienstadt Krone.1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 krone were in circulation in the camps to keep the illusion of a ''normal life'' since the Jewish money couldn't buy goods.
In the picture: Document Handwritten Jewish Community Judaism Money Printed Religious Art Seal StampTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
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Creator: Kien, Peter
Extent: Currency : Paper : printed : Ink : beige, blue, black ; Ht: 14 cm x W: 7,1 cm
Genre / form: object
Format: Object / artifact
Text in the image: QUITTUNG ÜBERFÜNFZIG KRONEN50WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACHMACHT,ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT,WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
Language: German
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