I.G. Farben Liquidation 200 Reichmarks Bond

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Object ID

2015.2.30

Object Name

Bond

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Description

Front: Green paper with textured green background. Title in green writing over black background. Beneath the title is a rectangle with an ornate green border, 200 written in every corner. On either side are two portraits of men. On the left are Liebio and Wohler, on the left are Kekule and Hofmann. A signature on either side. The bottom has four coupons for varying amounts.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

IG Farben was a giant German chemical industry conglomerate notorious for its role in committing war crimes during the Holocaust. Its pro-Nazi directorship collaborated with the Nazi leadership to produce quantities of Zyklon B, the Hydrocyanic acid insecticide used to gas millions of Jews at extermination centers, through its Degesch facility. Its facility near Auschwitz, Buna, was built to produce synthetic rubber: at least 50,000 prisoners died during its construction from starvation and exposure. Indeed, the bodies of prisoners were buried where they fell, in the wet cement. The company was seized by the Allies in 1945, its assets liquidated, and many executives tried for war crimes at Nuremberg. It continues to be in the process of liquidation.

Dimensions

8 1/4 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Currency, Coupon, Liquidation, I.G. Farben, Liquidation, 200, Reichmarks, Reichmakrs, Liebio, Wohler, Kekule, Hofmann

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Post

Recommended Citation

"I.G. Farben Liquidation 200 Reichmarks Bond" (2015). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.30.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/153