KL Buchenwald - Rottleberode Kommando Kantine Money

KL Buchenwald - Rottleberode Kommando Kantine Money
50 Reichsmark Buchenwald Aussenkommando (Sub-camp or Kommando) Kantine money coupon for SS Kommando Rottleberode concentration camp in Germany. Buchenwald opened on July 19, 1937, and issued undated notes in 0.5, 1, 2, and 3 mark denominations. The simply designed notes were printed on coarse paper. There were two types of coupons: canteen money and exchange money issued to members of outside labor brigades [Aussenkommandos.] In early April 1945, as US forces approached Buchenwald concentration camp, the German guards began to evacuate the camp. On April 11, the prisoners revolted and seized control of the camp. Later that day, soldiers from the Sixth Army Armored Division, part of the Third Army, arrived in camp and discovered more than 21,000 starved and ill inmates.