Prison Camp Script at Chemnitz

Prison Camp Script at Chemnitz

Description:

A ten-Pfennig note from the prison camp in Chemnitz. Prisoners could only use this currency to make purchases inside the camp. This policy prevented POW's from using these notes to support escapes or to bribe the guards.

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "Der Krieg," 7 (1916): 141.

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