Gregg and Michelle Philipson Collection and Archive

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn555236
• English
• folder 1
• Updated 7 months ago

Contains a letter and envelope from mailed from Jedwabne, Poland to the United States, dated November 22, 1947.

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562700
• English
• 1935
• overall: Height: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp, issued and distributed in 1935 by the American Jewish Congress (AJC). Although they were not valid for postage, poster stamps could be affixed to letters and envelopes as fund-raising, propaganda, and educational tools. The AJC was founded in 1918 by Jewish-American leaders to fight for the civil rights of minorities. During the 1930s, AJC president Rabbi Stephen Wise began speaking out about the dangers of Nazism. The organization led a counter-boycott of German goods in 1933. In 1936, the AJC helped establish the World Jewish Congress (WJC), and acted as a liaison between th...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562701
• English
• overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp depicting the Germanic god, Donar, issued and distributed in the late 1930s by the Joint Boycott Council (JBC). Although they were not valid for postage, poster stamps could be affixed to letters and envelopes as fund-raising, propaganda, and educational tools. The Joint Boycott Council of the American Jewish Congress and Jewish Labor Committee was a partnership formed in 1936, chaired by Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum. The Council served as a coordination effort for the counter-boycott of German goods and services in the United States, prior to entering World War II. The Council produce...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562702
• English
• 1940
• overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.125 inches (2.858 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp depicting Uncle Sam, issued and distributed in 1940 by the American Jewish League. The Jewish War Veterans of the United States also distributed stamps of this design. Following the outbreak of the war, the American Jewish League believed that Communism was the largest global threat, and through the stamps aimed to send a silent but powerful message. Although they were not valid for postage, poster stamps could be affixed to letters and envelopes as a fund-raising, propaganda, and educational tool. The American Jewish League, Inc. was formed in New York City, prior to 1939, for...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562703
• English
• overall: Height: 1.000 inches (2.54 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp encouraging the boycott of German products, issued by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV) in May 1933. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. The Nazi’s increasing targeting of Jews led the small, but militant JWV to hold a parade in New York City and launch the first boycott of German goods in the United States on March 23. Other organizations, including the American Jewish Congress and the American Jewish Committee, soon followed with large protest rallies. In reaction to the negative internationa...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562704
• English
• overall: Height: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp encouraging the boycott of Nazi products, issued in the United States during the boycott movement between May 1933 and October 1941. Unlike many others issued during the boycott, this stamp makes a distinction between Nazis and Germany as a whole. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. The Nazi’s increasing targeting of Jews led the small, but militant, Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV) to hold a parade in New York City and launch the first boycott of German goods in the United States on March 23. Oth...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562705
• English
• overall: Height: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp encouraging the boycott of Nazi products, issued in the United States during the boycott movement between May 1933 and October 1941. Unlike many others issued during the boycott, this stamp makes a distinction between Nazis and Germany as a whole. On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. The Nazi’s increasing targeting of Jews led the small, but militant, Jewish War Veterans of the United States (JWV) to hold a parade in New York City and launch the first boycott of German goods in the United States on March 23. Oth...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562706
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp issued and distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled, “Tears of Rage,” created in 1942 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts a Jewish soldier angered at the murder and suffering of Jews by the Nazis. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a personal cause for Szyk, and he became one of the founding members. Although they were not vali...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562707
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, issued and distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled “Tears of Rage,” created by Jewish artist Arthur Szyk in 1942 and used to create public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts a Jewish soldier angered at the murder and suffering of Jews by the Nazis. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a personal cause for Szyk, and he became one of the founding members. Although...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562708
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, issued and distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled “Tears of Rage,” created by Jewish artist Arthur Szyk in 1942 and used to create public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts a Jewish soldier angered at the murder and suffering of Jews by the Nazis. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a personal cause for Szyk, and he became one of the founding members. Although...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562709
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, issued and distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled “Tears of Rage,” created by Jewish artist Arthur Szyk in 1942 and used to create public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts a Jewish soldier angered at the murder and suffering of Jews by the Nazis. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a personal cause for Szyk, and he became one of the founding members. Although...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562710
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

First-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled, “Modern Moses,” created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts Moses, a role model for the Zionist movement. He is flanked by a Jewish soldier prepared to fight, and an industrial worker, ready to contribute to the war economy. All three figures serve as inspiration for American Jews to make their own contributions to the war effort. Szyk was himself an i...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562711
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

First-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled, “Modern Moses,” created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts Moses, a role model for the Zionist movement. He is flanked by a Jewish soldier prepared to fight, and an industrial worker, ready to contribute to the war economy. All three figures serve as inspiration for American Jews to make their own contributions to the war effort. Szyk was himself an i...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562712
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

First-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled, “Modern Moses,” created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts Moses, a role model for the Zionist movement. He is flanked by a Jewish soldier prepared to fight, and an industrial worker, ready to contribute to the war economy. All three figures serve as inspiration for American Jews to make their own contributions to the war effort. Szyk was himself an i...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562713
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 1.875 inches (4.763 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

First-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design is copied from a piece entitled, “Modern Moses,” created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The image depicts Moses, a role model for the Zionist movement. He is flanked by a Jewish soldier prepared to fight, and an industrial worker, ready to contribute to the war economy. All three figures serve as inspiration for American Jews to make their own contributions to the war effort. Szyk was himself an i...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562714
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design, featuring two frightened Jewish children, is an excerpt from a piece entitled, “To Be Shot, as Dangerous Enemies of the Third Reich…" It was created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The full drawing depicts the children standing before a tribunal from the German Wehrmacht. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a p...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562715
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design, featuring two frightened Jewish children, is an excerpt from a piece entitled, “To Be Shot, as Dangerous Enemies of the Third Reich…" It was created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The full drawing depicts the children standing before a tribunal from the German Wehrmacht. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a p...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562717
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design, featuring two frightened Jewish children, is an excerpt from a piece entitled, “To Be Shot, as Dangerous Enemies of the Third Reich…” It was created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The full drawing depicts the children standing before a tribunal from the German Wehrmacht. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a p...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562718
• English
• 1943
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Second-issue poster stamp, distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design, featuring two frightened Jewish children, is an excerpt from a piece entitled, “To Be Shot, as Dangerous Enemies of the Third Reich…” It was created in 1943 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. The full drawing depicts the children standing before a tribunal from the German Wehrmacht. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a p...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn562719
• English
• overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.625 inches (4.128 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

Poster stamp issued and distributed in 1944 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The design was created by the Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, and used to develop public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a personal cause for Szyk, and he became one of the founding members. Although they were not valid for postage, poster stamps could be affixed to letters and envelopes as fund-raising, propaganda, and educational tools. The Emergen...