100 Kronen, Theresienstadt Concentration Camp & Ghetto, Czechoslovakia, 1943
100 Kronen, Theresienstadt Concentration Camp & Ghetto, Czechoslovakia, 1943
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- Description (Brief)
- One (1) 100 kronen note
- Theresienstadt Concentration Camp & Ghetto, Czechoslovakia, 1943
- Obverse Image: Moses and scrolls.
- Obverse Text: QUITTUNG UBER HUNDERT KRONEN / 100 / WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFALSCHT ODER NACHMACHT ODER GEFALSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT. WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT / 100
- Reverse Image: Star of David and geometric designs in orange ink.
- Reverse Text: 009623 / QUITTUNG UBER HUNDERT KRONEN / 100 / THERESIENSTADT AM 1. JANNER 1943 / DER ALTESTE DER JUDEN IN THERESIENSTADT
- General Information: Issued for use by Jewish prisoners in Theresienstadt Concentration Camp & Ghetto in Czechoslovakia.
- Description
- This note was issued under the order of Nazi officials during the Holocaust for use by Jewish people in concentration camps and ghettos. This currency could only be used in limited ways inside places of Nazi imprisonment and served as a device to further isolate and denationalize Jewish people.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- note
- date made
- 1943
- place made
- Czech Republic: Ústecký Kraj, Terezín
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 7.5 cm x 14.9 cm x.01 cm; 2 15/16 in x 5 7/8 in x in
- ID Number
- 2014.0016.007
- accession number
- 2014.0016
- catalog number
- 2014.0016.007
- serial number
- 009623
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- Work and Industry: National Numismatic Collection
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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