A HOUSE PAPERED WITH MONEY ; i mmwzmw^^Mf^'mzm rm SS# THi*m 5 t ?** , * f *^ * * ■; &..(* <- : n ft-xa N«!t.-'*> 1 SSsJUS "«SP?^ i«ONRS^£; u Th« First "Mmeum " of Carman Knarsancr Monav t Koom Walla Paparaa An Aladdin'* Cava of IMmtoft t A Viator to tin Mvtawn at Twharhaaay, aazb*. with ■•ntcnata* eml » C«Rl*f Oaslf* to "The village of Tseherbeney, In Upper Silesia, possesses « curiosity in the shape of the first museum of German banknotes and emergency currency. Its founder was once a prosperous dealer, chiefly with Czechoslovakia. During the inflation of German currency he was fortunate in holding bills however, he set to work with paste and brush, and In two months pasted 34 kilogrammes or paper wealth on the walls of a ground-floor room. He also decorated the ecQlnf witft ire*. ■ V IQ-pfenn!g bits arranged in patterns. His desire to live returned, and he showed himself a sound business man. Ho hael tickets of admission printed, and his labour of despair turned . iSI hardly hold the mass of notes, and many chests and baskets in his house were packed with notes. Eventually they proved worthless, and In despair he attempted suicide. Presently, to profit, later he collected more bank notes and enjai ' his "museum" by similarly adorning several ©thtr rooms balconies. On the walls (as the above photographs show) are pasted rows upon rows of notes, and people stand In front of them to feast their eyes on millions of marks." -from "the Uiwtfwtetf London Nam,* Hay 2t» ItII .:.:'■ CAUSE and The Final Result of Uncontrolled is Worthless Money and Loss of Hi
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21639, 25 November 1935, Page 19
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Page 19 Advertisements Column 2
Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21639, 25 November 1935, Page 19
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