Short Snorter, Nuremberg Trials
1946, Front side - Scrip from Nazis on trial at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.
Tan 20-Reichsmark scrip with printed text in German using black ink. At the right side is a depiction of Ernst Werner Siemens, electrical engineer and industrialist. Siemens is clothed in a dark suit, white dress shirt, and dark bow tie. He has a large mustache, glasses, and light colored hair. Below is an emblem of the Deustches Bank. At the top left and bottom right corner are red ink serial numbers identifying the scrip. At the left side is a signature from Grand Admiral Karl Dönitz.
Name/Title
Short Snorter, Nuremberg TrialsEntry/Object ID
2023.1.1Scope and Content
1946, scrip from Nazis on trial at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany.Context
Preface: On Friday March 17, 2023 Danny Spungen as at the MPCFest XXIV. Gathering of Military Payment Certifcate collectors. This group includes a number of collectors that collect scrip (money) issued during the WWII by both the Allies and Axis countries. Scrip, coins, tokens and other forms of payment/goods/services were produced for ghettos, concentration camps , internment camps and post-war displaced person camps. There are many collectors of such artifacts all over the world! Among the collectibles are “short snorters.” Mr. Jim Downey donated an extremely rare (yet not unique) “short snorter” signed by 13 Nazis imprisoned at the Nuremberg Trials. The piece of autographed currency was owned by an American Military Police officer guarding the Nazis. After the war he folded the note into eights and kept in his wallet. After his passing, his son in New York posted it on ebay “not” knowing what he had. Jim Downey called the man and explained to some degree what he was selling. Jim Downey purchased the short snorter. Jim had a love/hate relationship with the short snorter and decided that the Spungen Family Foundation was the best home for the piece that would be used for educational purposes only.Collection
NurembergCategory
Currency