Jewish Community of Berlin Restoration Fund Stamps

Authors

Object ID

2015.2.148

Object Name

Stamp, Postage

Date

1949

Files

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Description

Front: Blue photograph of a buildling with German text beneath.Interior 1: Gold page with four stamps, two brown, and two blue.Interior 2: White page with gold writing and Star of David.Interior 3: Blue page with white writing and menorah.Back: Gold page with six stamps: two blue, two red, two green.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Jewish Community of Berlin ("Jüdische Gemeinde Zu Berlin") Restoration Fund Stamps ("Spenden Marke"), 1940. A set of 10 different denominated stamps depicting synaogues destroyed during Kristallnacht (November 1938), issued by the Jewish Community to raise funds for their restoration.

Dimensions

6 x 8 1/4"

Keywords

Stamps, Synagogue, Star of David, Menorah, Jewish Community of Berlin, Restoration Fund, Stamps, Kristallnacht

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"Jewish Community of Berlin Restoration Fund Stamps" (1949). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2015.2.148.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/238