First Day Cover: German Commemoration of Felix Nussbaum

Authors

Object ID

2012.1.110

Object Name

Postcard, Picture

Date

12-24-1994

Files

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Description

Envelope with illustration of a man in a fedora with a yellow Star of David on his jacket.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash:

First Day Cover with self-portrait of Felix Nussbaum, brilliant surrealist Jewish painter, wearing Jewish star and holding up required identification. Nussbaum would ultimately perish in Auschwitz.

Dimensions

4 x 6''

Keywords

Germany, commemoration, Judenpass, Star of David, Felix Nussbaum

Subcollection

Philatelic

Recommended Citation

"First Day Cover: German Commemoration of Felix Nussbaum" (1994). Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection. 2012.1.110.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/bulmash/796