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Ghetto Theresienstadt (WW2)
During World War 2 in Germany specific bills were issued in some of the Ghettos and concentration
camps. This money was given out to allow for a very rudimentary economy behind the closed walls.
The bills were different from the regular banknotes used outside to make a potential escape more difficult.
The bills shown on this page were issued in the Ghetto Theresienstadt, which was was a concentration camp
set up by the Gestapo in the city Terezin (Theresienstadt) in the Northern Czech Republic.
The Fortress of the town was turned into a walled ghetto in 1941. The function of Theresienstadt was to
provide a front for the extermination operation of Jews. To the outside it was presented by the Nazis as
a model Jewish settlement, but in reality it was a concentration camp.
The bills of the Theresienstadt Ghetto are issued in Kronen and are dated Jänner 1943 ("Jänner" is
the Austrian word for the German Januar - English: january). The bills have the the following sizes and circulation:
| Denomination |
Size |
number of bills printed |
| 1 Krone |
100 x 50 mm |
2,242,000 |
| 2 Kronen |
110 x 55 mm |
1,019,000 |
| 5 Kronen |
120 x 58 mm |
530,000 |
| 10 Kronen |
125 x 63 mm |
456,000 |
| 20 Kronen |
135 x 66 mm |
319,000 |
| 50 Kronen |
140 x 77 mm |
159,000 |
| 100 Kronen |
150 x 77 mm |
279,000 |
1 Krone
2 Kronen
5 Kronen
10 Kronen
20 Kronen
50 Kronen
100 Kronen
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