Holocaust & Camp Currency - Netherlands - Westerbork Transit Camp - 25 Cents Gutschein 1944 - PMG 65 EPQ Gem ...

Holocaust & Camp Currency - Netherlands - Westerbork Transit Camp - 25 Cents Gutschein 1944 - PMG 65 EPQ Gem Uncirculated - NE-471a / SB1152a A 25 Cents camp Gutschein issued at the Westerbork transit camp (Lager Westerbork) in the Netherlands during the German occupation and World War II. The voucher is dated February 15, 1944 and was intended for internal use within the camp. Westerbork was established in the Netherlands in 1939 to accommodate Jewish refugees who had fled Germany. Following the German occupation of the Netherlands, it was transformed in 1942 into a transit camp. Jews and other prisoners were deported from Westerbork by train to concentration and extermination camps in Eastern Europe, including Auschwitz and Sobibor. Vouchers of this type served as internal camp currency within the camp's controlled economic system, while the use of ordinary currency among prisoners was restricted. Obverse: Red-brown design with a winged-wheel emblem at upper center, serial number AA 9815 and the inscriptions: "LAGER WESTERBORK 15 FEBRUAR 1944" (Westerbork Camp, February 15, 1944) "DIESER GUTSCHEIN IST NUR INNERHALB DES LAGERS GÜLTIG" (This voucher is valid only within the camp) together with the camp commandant's signature. Reverse: Inscribed: "LAGER WESTERBORK GUTSCHEIN" (Westerbork Camp Voucher) with the denomination "25 CENT" appearing twice. A small landscape vignette appears in the lower portion. This is the variety without watermark, as stated on the PMG holder. Certified and graded by PMG: Netherlands - Lager Westerbork Gutschein NE-471a / SB1152a 1944 - 25 Cents S/N AA 9815 - Without Watermark PMG 65 EPQ Gem Uncirculated Exceptional Paper Quality Certification No.: 21073960-007 A historical artifact from the Holocaust period, documenting the camp-currency system at the Westerbork transit camp.