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<p>[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1125133, member: 66"]Sure I would. As mentioned they are an artifact of history. You may not like that history but it did happen and should be documented. I am often drawn to such things simply because others shun them.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have Nazi issues, issues for the concentration camps, even some of the death camps. I have a full set of the coinage frrom the Lodz getto in Poland including the 20 Mark coin issued just 15 days before the getto was "liquidated". Occupation currency issued by the Japanese in the areas they captured in the south pacific and in China. (The Japanese occupiers were rather ruthless to the locals) Many people who lived under their occupation have nightmare stories to tell as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>I've been trying to find out if there were any special issues used in the US internment camps, a period of our history that we have swept under the rug. (Many are aware of the Japanese internment camps, but most DON'T know there were internement camps for Italian and German as well and that US citizens of those nationalities were also interned. I think it is a subject we are rather ashamed of.)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Conder101, post: 1125133, member: 66"]Sure I would. As mentioned they are an artifact of history. You may not like that history but it did happen and should be documented. I am often drawn to such things simply because others shun them. I have Nazi issues, issues for the concentration camps, even some of the death camps. I have a full set of the coinage frrom the Lodz getto in Poland including the 20 Mark coin issued just 15 days before the getto was "liquidated". Occupation currency issued by the Japanese in the areas they captured in the south pacific and in China. (The Japanese occupiers were rather ruthless to the locals) Many people who lived under their occupation have nightmare stories to tell as well. I've been trying to find out if there were any special issues used in the US internment camps, a period of our history that we have swept under the rug. (Many are aware of the Japanese internment camps, but most DON'T know there were internement camps for Italian and German as well and that US citizens of those nationalities were also interned. I think it is a subject we are rather ashamed of.)[/QUOTE]
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