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15 Reichspfennigs Metallwerke Holleischen
| Issuer | Metallwerke Holleischen GmbH |
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| Year | 1941-1945 |
| Type | Vouchers |
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| Obverse lettering | MWH 15 Rpf. Wertmarke (Translation: Voucher.) |
| Reverse description | Plain buff-pink card with no printed design or text, bounded by the same perforated border visible on the obverse. |
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Metallwerke Holleischen GmbH was a German munitions and metalworking plant in Holýšov, occupied Czechoslovakia, that operated under SS administration using concentration camp labor — primarily women transferred from Ravensbrück. This lagergeld, denominated in Reichspfennigs, was issued not for any genuine market economy but to create a formal mechanism for compensating forced labor at a rate that was effectively meaningless, satisfying bureaucratic requirements while ensuring nothing of real value could be purchased.
The pink cardboard stock is notably fragile; surviving examples frequently show edge splitting from the material's poor aging characteristics rather than from heavy use.