Reddit mentions of Jewish Ghettos' and Concentration Camps' Money (1933-1945)

Note: I've been linking to this comment a lot throughout the thread because I see many people doubting the claims or asking for sources and am just trying to get the information out there so if you've seen my link multiple times sorry, but I just want to clarify that although I do not agree with the OP's personal views at all, what he said about there being scrip at concentration camps DOES seem to have support from multiple sources that I don't have a reason to doubt.

I can't support all his claims, but it turns out Auschwitz scrip actually does exist and is on display the at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. It's also stated from the second source that it was issued by the camps as a means to improve worker productivity.

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I also found a secondary source now, Auschwitz.org, which references scrip as well as a camp canteen offering cigarettes (no mention of movies) and free visits to the bordello.


Source Note: This website belongs to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, and there is no reason the information on it shouldn't be factually correct.


Found some more sources, the Jewish Virtual Library has an article on it. The site looks kind of sketchy, but looking at it it's run by the American-Israeli Cooperation Enterprise, who's goal is partially to provide educational materials and help people research Jewish history and culture, so I don't have too much reason to doubt it's validity.

Here's the article, which is interesting.


The article in question also cites a book called Jewish Ghettos’ and Concentration Camps’ Money (1933-1945) by Zvi Stahl, a lecturer at the Israel Numismatic Society. It seems like you can buy the book on Amazon, it was translated from it's original Hebrew.

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