Two banknotes from the Lodz ghetto from the first series of banknotes in the ghetto

Two banknotes from the Lodz ghetto from the first series of banknotes in the ghetto

Two banknotes used in the Lodz ghetto [Litzmannstadt], from the first series of banknotes in the Lodz ghetto.

* Banknote 5 Mark 1940.

* Banknote 20 Pfennig Mark 1940.

The Nazis printed a Star of David and a seven-branched Menorah on the banknotes in the Lodz ghetto, in order to give them a Jewish character, and they were also signed by Mordechai Rumkowski, head of the Lodz ghetto Judenrat. From 7/8/1940, the Jewish money printed in the ghetto became the only legal process and was Named "Romkey" or "Haimakey" by the residents, after Mordechai - Chaim Rumkowski. By printing "Jewish money", which was completely worthless outside the ghetto, the Germans intended to absorb the German money in the possession of the Jews and they were obliged to convert any foreign money in their possession into money printed in the ghetto. Holding foreign money was a serious violation of the law and those caught violating it were severely punished. On November 14, 1941, three people were prosecuted before the Jewish Court in the ghetto for forging Jewish banknotes worth 2 Marks.

see also:

"Chronicle of the Lodz Ghetto", Vol. I, p. 3, note no. 5, as well as there, pp. 253 - 254 and note no. 143 there.

Encyclopedia of the Lodz ghetto, in the "Yediot Beit Ghetto Fighters' House" (5), (13), p. 63, entry "Rumkey".

The condition of both banknotes is used.