Buchenwald Lagergeld Money

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.459ab

Object Name

Money, Paper

Files

Description

Two pieces of paper currency. First is titled, "Außenkommando" and worth -.50 RM. The second is titled, "Wertmarke" and worth 1 RM.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Buchenwald was a Nazi concentration camp established on the Ettersberg near Weimar, Thuringia, Germany. Camp prisoners worked primarily as slave labor in local armament factories. Inmates were Jews, political prisoners, religious prisoners, and prisoners of war.

Dimensions

3 x 4 1/4"

Keywords

Lagergeld, Buchenwald, Ettersberg, Thuringia, Germany, Currency

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Buchenwald Lagergeld Money" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.459ab.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1175