Postage stamp, 3+5 zloty, commemorating Majdanek concentration camp issued in postwar Poland
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 0.375 inches (0.953 cm) | Width: 0.875 inches (2.223 cm) | Depth: 2.375 inches (6.033 cm)
Archival History
The postage stamp was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Barbara Abramowitz.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Barbara Hillson Abramowitz. In Honor of Irving J. Abramowitz.
Scope and Content
Postage stamp issued by Poland in 1946. It depicts a skeleton in a Nazi Uniform emptying a canister of Zyklon-B pellets over the barracks of Majdanek concentration camp. The stamp created public outrage and many felt it offended the memory of the thousands of people murdered there by the Germans. It was withdrawn about two months after first issue.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Two attached postal stamps depicting a skeleton Nazi pouring Zyklon B over Majdanek Concentration Camp with Polish text and denomicaiotn 3+5 below.
Subjects
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), on postage stamps.
Genre
- Object
- Exchange Media