Buchenwald Camp Money
Object numberM2009/003:012
TitleBuchenwald Camp Money
DescriptionFifty Pfennig (1/2 a Reichs Mark) note to be used at the Standort-Kantine, in the Buchenwald concentration camp. This note is printed on cream paper with green decorative underprinting, serial no. 3983. It has "Aussenkommando", meaning outside unit, printed diagonally across it and is stamped with "SS-Ko. Rottleberode" (the specific sub-camp). These "Aussenkommando" coupons were "paid" to prisoners working outside the camp and were redeemable back at the canteen.
Production placeBuchenwald concentration camp
Production date circa 1942
Subject, concentration camps
Object nameconcentration camp money
Materialpaper
Dimensions
- width: 106.00 mm
height: 74.00 mm
Credit lineSydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Julia Myers
