Object ID
2012.1.421
Object Name
Stamp, Postage
Date
1942
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Description
Black stamp with photograph of a death mask. Titled, "Deutsches Recih.
Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: On May 27, 1942, an assassination attempt was made on Reinhard Heydrich, the protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Heydrich died June 4 from infections caused by the failed assassination attempt. In reprisal, on the morning of June 7, the Nazis completely destroyed the Czech village of Lidice, twenty miles northwest of Prague. The male inhabitants of the village were killed, and women and children were sent to concentration camps. The stamp below was issued by the Nazis in honor of Heydrich -- it is an image of his death mask.
Dimensions
1 1/4 x 1"
Keywords
Reinhard Heydrich, Stamp, Bohemia, Moravia, Nazi, commemoration
Subcollection
Philatelic
Recommended Citation
"Reinhard Heydrich Stamp" (1942). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.421.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1122
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