80 heller Notgeld
Gift of Ronnie Hamburger Burrows
Id no. 2008.A.16, Currency
Subject(s): Anti-Semitism, prewar
Caption translates: "We protect the German Fatherland?from Jewish threat."
Cities, towns and enterprises printed emergency currency during the inflation of the 1920s. When Jews were blamed for economic problems, Notgeld incorporated anti-Semitic themes, images, and text.
Cities, towns and enterprises printed emergency currency during the inflation of the 1920s. When Jews were blamed for economic problems, Notgeld incorporated anti-Semitic themes, images, and text.
