Polish Stamp Commemorating Majdanek Death Camp

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.420d

Object Name

Stamp, Postage

Files

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Description

Stamp with green illustration of a skeleton in Nazi uniform pouring gas on a compound of buildings.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Majdanek Death Camp stamp issued by Poland in 1946 commemorating the atrocities that took place there. Stamp depicts death in skeletal form of a Third Reich Nazi pouring Zyklon B into gas chambers.

Dimensions

1 1/2 x 1 1/4"

Keywords

Majdanek, Death Camp, stamp, Poland, Commemoration, Zyklon B

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Polish Stamp Commemorating Majdanek Death Camp" (2016). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.420d.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1121