Below is an excerpt from a May 1943 SS document regarding the "regulations for granting special privileges to prisoners"…

"Prisoners who distinguish themselves through their hard work, conscientiousness, good conduct and exceptional performance shall receive privileges. These consist of the following…

1. Improved conditions
2. Food allowances
3. Premium coupons
4. Tobacco allowances
5. Brothel visits"

SS leadership ordered special bonuses to increase the productivity of concentration camp prisoners. Prisoners were to receive premium coupons for outstanding work productivity. These could then be exchanged for additional food, tobacco, or a visit to the camp brothel. Often, the coupons were distributed at random. Jews however, were strictly prohibited from receiving these coupons.

Following the introduction of the premium system, the SS ordered the establishment of brothels in all concentration camps. In July 1943, female prisoners from the Ravensbruck concentration camp were forced to work as prostitutes at KZ Flossenburg. Below is an example of a scarce Waffen-SS stamped 1944 pattern 1RM premium coupon from Flossenburg. The format was used in 1944 at six other camps, namely KZ Auschwitz, KZ Gross-Rosen, KZ Mauthausen, KZ Natzweiler (only one known example), KZ Neuengamme and KZ Ravensbruck.

Regards,