Das Geld des Terrors Geld und Geldersatz in deutschen Konzentrationslagern und Gettos 1933 bis 1945 Katalog / Cash and Money replacement in German concentration camps and ghettos, 1933-1945 catalogue (documented for the first time - Unexpected and new ins

Gietl & Battenberg Publisher : Das Geld des Terrors Geld und Geldersatz in deutschen Konzentrationslagern und Gettos 1933 bis 1945 Katalog / Cash and cash replacement in German concentration camps and ghettos, 1933-1945 catalogue --- Language : German --- Content : 17 x 24 cm, color illustrations throughout, Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-86646-040-9 With the "total" war, and the massive use of prisoners as slave labor - especially in the defense industry - reached the use of money substitutes in the ghettos and camps of the Third Reich peaked. Earlier, there had been special cash, but took the so-called premium coupons, which were then used in almost all concentration camps to motivate prisoners from all over Europe to ever higher performance, a prominent position. The role of money and money substitutes in the camps and ghettos is the first time not only treats in the form of an extensive cataloging. In the present volume, it is the focus of a more detailed work on the historical background and facts that can be presented for the first time in this form. As a basis for the long overdue work of this chapter of German and international monetary history the author was not only the important contemporary historical collection of the famous Berlin collector and researcher Wolfgang Haney. Together with historical documents from other collections and archives, numerous new insights are gained. As a result, a completely new documentation has emerged an important component in the system of Nazi terror, which provides surprising insights and harrowing snapshots of the memories of witnesses and the destruction of the bureaucracy. As the beginning of 1945 with over 700 000 prisoners in German concentration camps, the climax was reached, the system was already facing the corner. The money of terror remained until today as a mute testimony.