Silver slovak coin 10 EUR 2024 - 80th anniversary of the report on the Auschwitz proof

Silver slovak coin 10 EUR 2024 - 80th anniversary of the report on the Auschwitz proof

Stock state
In stock at the store
Date of issue
April 2024
Price
1,490 CZK
including VAT

The product can also be purchased directly in the stores of the Czech Mint

A discount voucher cannot be applied to the product.

Product description

The Slovak silver euro coin was minted in quality proof to the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Vrba and Wetzler report on the German extermination camps.

Auschwitz was the largest Nazi extermination camp of World War II. One and a half million lives - Jews, Slavs, prisoners of war, invalids, Roma, political prisoners and other innocents were lost there. The inhuman genocide, which included mass executions and horrific experiments, went on for years without the world having any idea. In 1944, however, two young Slovak prisoners managed to escape. Walter Rosenberg, who had been imprisoned for his Jewish origins and who changed his name to Rudolf Vrba, together with Alfred Wetzler, who was being punished for sabotage in a brickyard, managed to outfox the dogs, walk a hundred kilometres over the mountains and reach Žilina. There they met with representatives of the Red Cross and the Jewish Council, with whom they shared their horrific experiences. The details of the extermination camp's, which included a description of the gas chambers and an estimate of the number of victims, soon reached the ears of British Prime Minister Churchill and American President Roosevelt. The report was initially received with suspicion - many considered it too horrifying to be true. But it eventually helped to save thousands of Budapest Jews from deportation and served as evidence in the Nuremberg trials of Nazi criminals.

The coin was minted by the Mincovňa Kremnica Mint and issued by the National Bank of Slovakia.

Specifications

Code
84373-721
Issuer
National Bank of Slovakia
Nominal value
10 EUR
Numbered issue
No
Certificate
Standard
Material
Silver
Fineness
900
Weight
18 g
Diameter
34 mm
Czech Mint
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