Theresienstadt Ghetto Stamp

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.416a

Object Name

Stamp, Postage

Date

1943

Files

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Description

Green stamp on serated paper. Titled, "Theresienstadt" with green illustration of trees and hills.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Theresienstadt Concentration Camp stamp prepared on order of the Nazis to be distributed to the Red Cross officials inspecting the ghetto. It was done to convince the inspectors that life in the ghetto was not too bad.

Dimensions

1 2/3 x 2"

Keywords

Stamp, Theresienstadt, Red Cross, ghetto

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Theresienstadt Ghetto Stamp" (1943). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.416a.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1111