Warsaw Ghetto postal card, denomination 50, never issued
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 4.250 inches (10.795 cm) | Width: 6.000 inches (15.24 cm)
Archival History
The Warsaw ghetto stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2016 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 50 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
Paper rectangle for postal use with a graphic design stamped in blue ink on the front with the denomination 50, 18 Stars of David of different sizes, a fence, a flame with the SS runes, and acronyms. The reverse is blank.
Subjects
- Postage stamps--Poland--History--1933-1945.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Poland--Warsaw.
- World War, 1939-1945--Poland--Postal service.
- Postal service--Poland--History.
- Poland--History--Occupation, 1939-1945.
- Jewish ghettos--Poland--Warsaw.
Genre
- Exchange Media
- Object