Warsaw Ghetto postage stamp, value 10, never issued
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 2.875 inches (7.302 cm)
Creator(s)
- Peter Ehrenthal ()
Biographical History
The Katz Ehrenthal Collection is a collection of more than 900 objects depicting Jews and antisemitic and anti-Jewish propaganda from the medieval to the modern era, in Europe, Russia, and the United States. The collection was amassed by Peter Ehrenthal, a Romanian Holocaust survivor, to document the pervasive history of anti-Jewish hatred in Western art, politics and popular culture. It includes crude folk art as well as pieces created by Europe's finest craftsmen, prints and periodical illustrations, posters, paintings, decorative art, and toys and everyday household items decorated with depictions of stereotypical Jewish figures.
Archival History
The Warsaw ghetto stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2019 by the Katz Family.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Katz Family
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Warsaw ghetto stamp marked 10 issued by the Warsaw Ghetto Resistance Organization (Żydowski Zwia̜zek Wojskowy). The Warsaw Ghetto in Poland existed from October 12, 1940, to May 16, 1943, when the Ghetto was liquidated by German forces. The stamps were manufactured in an effort to establish a ghetto mail office by the underground, but were not issued for use. This stamp is one of more than 900 items in the Katz Ehrenthal Collection of antisemitic visual materials.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Square paper stamp with a graphic design stamped in blue ink on the front with the denomination 10, a Star of David, an outlined border, and Polish text. The reverse is blank.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Postal service.
- Postal service--Poland--History.
- Postage stamps--Poland--History--1933-1945.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
Genre
- Exchange Media
- Object