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Lodz Ghetto coin
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]M1993/055
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Lodz Ghetto coin
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]5 Mark coin from the Lodz Ghetto, Poland. The coin is of a light weight metal alloy. One side of it has the Jewish star, the date 1943 (hardly visible in this example), and the word 'getto.' The Lodz ghetto was renamed Litzmannstadt by the Germans.
This coin was ghetto occupation scrip issued by the Judenrat (Jewish Council) under the authority of its ‘Elder’: Chaim Rumkowski.
This coin was ghetto occupation scrip issued by the Judenrat (Jewish Council) under the authority of its ‘Elder’: Chaim Rumkowski.
[nb-NO]Date[nb-NO] 1940 - 1945
[nb-NO]Subject[nb-NO]ghettos, discrimination
[nb-NO]Object name[nb-NO]ghetto money
[nb-NO]Dimensions[nb-NO]
- circumference: 20.00 mm
[nb-NO]Credit line[nb-NO]Sydney Jewish Museum Collection, Donated by Mr. David Gorvic