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Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1943, Issued Concentration Camp Banknote

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Theresienstadt Ghetto, 1943, Issued Concentration Camp Banknote
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This item SOLD at 2023 May 23 @ 12:45UTC-4 : AST/EDT
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Czechoslovakia , 1943. 20 Kronen, CZ-654, SB705, Issued Banknote, Dark green on light green underprint with Star of David at left side, S/N M 022419, PMG graded Choice Uncirculated 64. The Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination camps. Its conditions were deliberately engineered to hasten the death of its prisoners, and the ghetto also served a propaganda role. Theresienstadt was known for its relatively rich cultural life, including concerts, lectures, and clandestine education for children. The fact that it was governed by a Jewish self-administration as well as the large number of "prominent" Jews imprisoned there facilitated the flourishing of cultural life. This spiritual legacy has attracted the attention of scholars and sparked interest in the ghetto. In the postwar period, a few of the SS perpetrators and Czech guards were put on trial, but the ghetto was generally forgotten by the Soviet authorities.