Leo Baeck Commemorative Stamp

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.430b

Object Name

Stamp, Postage

Date

11-2-1957

Files

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Description

Stamp with brown background with a white illustration of a man with glasses.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: West Germany issued this stamp on the first anniversary of the death of Dr. Leo Baeck, Rabbi of the Theresienstadt Ghetto. Baeck served on the Jewish Council and was the last Eldest of the Council. He was liberated by the Russians and lived in London after the war.

Dimensions

1 1/4 x 1"

Keywords

Leo Baeck, Germany, Stamp, Commemoration, Theresienstadt, Ghetto, Jewish Council, Last Eldest of the Council, Liberation

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Leo Baeck Commemorative Stamp" (1957). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.430b.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/1136