Holocaust concentration camps money - Germany - 10, 50 Cents and 1 Dollar 1946 - Scheinfeld camp money is bilingual ...

Holocaust concentration camps money - Germany - 10, 50 Cents and 1 Dollar 1946 - Scheinfeld camp money is bilingual – Lithuanian on the obverse, English on the reverse.

All notes feature a red serial number on the obverse, while a blue, hand-stamped “Scheinfeld UNRRA (Team 569)” emblem resembling a globe appears on the reverse.

Distributed in Scheinfeld displaced persons camp (DP) in Scheinfeld, Germany from April until July, 1946. The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) team 596 issued three denominations of scrip: 10 cents, 50 cents, and 1 dollar. The scrip was used in the canteen until July, but was abandoned due to food shortages. During World War II, many Lithuanians were deported to Nazi Germany as forced laborers. Toward the end of the war, many more escaped Lithuania before the advancing Soviet army, fearing a continuation of the mass arrests and deportations the Soviets inflicted on the public during their occupation under the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Consequently, after World War II, Germany had a large population of Lithuanian displaced persons (DPs). The Scheinfeld DP camp was established on April 28.