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Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1943, Issued Banknote

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - World Currency Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:120.00 - 240.00 USD
Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1943, Issued Banknote
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Czechoslovakia, 1943. 100 Kronen, CZ-656, SB707, Issued Banknote, Brown with Jewish star at bottom left corner, the obverse of the note shows Moses holding the 10 commandments, Signed by Jacob Edelstein (he was a Czechoslovak Zionist, social democrat and the first Jewish Elder in the Theresienstadt ghetto. He was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau), S/N J 021892, PMG graded Uncirculated 62 with comment "Thinning.". In some ghettos and concentration camps, the Nazis issued unique currency for inmates to use during their confinement. Nazi leaders forced inmates to design the currency in line with Nazi standards. This meant, for instance, the imprisoned artist Peter Kien had to acquiesce to Nazi demands when he drew Moses and the Tablets of Stone. Notice that, as Alan York originally researched, the Moses depicted on the Terezin currency has curly hair, a hooked nose, and long fingers that cover up the “Thou shall not kill” commandment. Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich mandated this image of Moses.