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2 Mark Łódź Ghetto
| Issuer | Der Älteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt |
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| Year | 1940 |
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| Currency | Reichsmark (1939-1944) |
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| Reverse lettering | Quittung über Zwei-Mark WER DIESE QUITTUNG VERFÄLSCHT ODER NACH- MACHT ODER GEFÄLSCHTE QUITTUNGEN IN VERKEHR BRINGT / WIRD STRENGSTENS BESTRAFT |
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| Protection type | Watermark |
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The Łódź Ghetto scrip — issued by Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski under the title "Der Älteste der Juden in Litzmannstadt" — was a deliberate instrument of enclosure. By forcing internal exchange through a currency accepted nowhere outside the ghetto walls, the German administration severed the Jewish population's ability to transact with the surrounding city. Rumkowski himself, a deeply controversial figure who believed cooperation might secure survival, signed every denomination personally.
The watermarked paper is notable given the circumstances of production — security printing under ghetto conditions, almost certainly using materials controlled by the German authorities rather than sourced independently.