This rare Theresienstadt Concentration Camp currency
was issued for use in 1943 by the Nazis to give the impression of normality to International inspectors reviewing the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, according the eBay seller offering these banknotes.
There are seven banknotes, a complete set according to the listing (from 1 to 100 Krone). These were used in the Theresienstadt ghetto, which was operated as a town set up by the Nazis.
According to a Wikipedia entry, Theresienstadt was originally designated to be seen to house privileged Jews from Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. Many educated Jews were inmates of Theresienstadt, and the camp was publicized by the Nazis for its rich cultural life, but, of course, this was simply a masque to conceal the horror of the place. At least four concert orchestras were forced to operate in the camp, as well as chamber groups and jazz ensembles. Several stage performances were produced and attended by camp inmates compelled to do so in order that an acceptable face of the holocaust could be presented to the world. Some prominent artists from Czechoslovakia, Austria, and Germany were imprisoned there.
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