Finding Aid for Holocaust Liberation postage stamp collection 2019.004.h.r

Tiana Taliep

Oskar Schindler Archives

4/10/2019

Contributing Institution: Oskar Schindler Archives

Title: Holocaust Liberation postage stamp collection

Identifier/Call Number: 2019.004.h.r

Physical Description: 1 Item

Date (inclusive): 1995

Condition Description: Good

Abstract: This postage stamp commemorates the fifth anniversary of the liberation of prisoners from the concentration camps; it was issued on May 5, 1995. The design of the stamp is barbed wire and a prisoners number 11960. Bordering the seal is a list of liberated concentration camps including, Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Auschwitz-Monowitz, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Gross roses, Hertogenbosch, chewing, Klooga, Krakow-Plaszow, Lublin-Majdanek, Mauthausen, Natzweiler, Neuengamme, Ravensbrueck, Riga, Sachsenhausen, Stutthof, Vaivara, Warsaw, and all other.

Language of Material: English .

Content Description

This postage stamp commemorates the fifth anniversary of the liberation of prisoners from the concentration camps; it was issued on May 5, 1995. The design of the stamp is barbed wire and a prisoners number 11960. Bordering the seal is a list of liberated concentration camps including, Auschwitz, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Auschwitz-Monowitz, Bergen-Belsen, Buchenwald, Dachau, Dora-Mittelbau, Flossenbürg, Gross roses, Hertogenbosch, chewing, Klooga, Krakow-Plaszow, Lublin-Majdanek, Mauthausen, Natzweiler, Neuengamme, Ravensbrueck, Riga, Sachsenhausen, Stutthof, Vaivara, Warsaw, and all other.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

There are no restrictions on the use of this material except where previously copyrighted material is concerned. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain all permissions.

Preferred Citation

[Item title/description; Box number/ Folder number]Holocaust Liberation postage stamp collection (2019.004.h.r), Oskar Schindler Arhive, Chapman University, CA.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War (1939-1945)

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)

Stamp Collections.

World War (1939-1945) -- Concentration camps