Complete Currency Set in Use at the Concentration Camp of Theresienstadt 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 Kronen

by Peter Kien, designed

$1,500 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Theresienstadt: Der Alteste der Juden, 1943. This collection is comprised of the complete seven-piece currency set from the notorious Theresienstadt camp, which sheds light on the elaborate sham by the Nazi propaganda machine to present Terezin as a model camp. Even though no normal trade and business activities were possible in concentration camps, it was not uncommon to see local notes and tokens. As soon as deportees arrived they had to exchange all their

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