Object ID
2012.1.430a
Object Name
Stamp, Postage
Date
9-17-1962
Files
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Description
White stamp with blue background. Depicts hands reaching out of barbed wire.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: This stamp was released by Belgium in memory of the victims of Nazi Concentration Camps in World War II. The design was by Belgian sculptor Lanchelevici, and marks the 21st anniversary of the first contingent of Belgian martyrs from the death camp at Neuengamme. Of 120 men who departed, only nine later returned to three families.
Dimensions
1 1/2 x 1"
Keywords
Lanchelevici, Belgium, Commemoration, Neuengamme
Subcollection
Philatelic
Recommended Citation
"Stamp Commemorating Belgium Concentration Camp Victims" (1962). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.430a.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1135