Bank Notes from the Austrian Antisemitic Bund

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.457a-c

Object Name

Money, Paper

Date

4-1-1920

Files

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Description

Series of three pieces of paper money. All show newspapers being burned. The first has blue illustrations and is titled "Fünfzig Heller." The second has yellow illustrations and is titled, "Zwanzig Heller." The third has green illustrations and is titled, "Zehn Heller."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

Set of notes by the Austrian antisemitic Bund. On one side picture shows Jewish publications burning in the fire and on the other side is a quote stating "although time will come when Christians and Jews will live together, it will never work out." The back of the 50 Heller note exhorts Germans of all political persuasions who love their folk and recognize the looming danger of the Jews to join together and support the aryan press.

Dimensions

4 x 2 2/3"

Keywords

Austrian, Anti-Semitic, Bund, Jewish, publications, Fire

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Bank Notes from the Austrian Antisemitic Bund" (1920). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.457a-c.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1173