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A suggested design for a postage stamp to be issued by the Judenrat in the Lodz Ghetto

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  • Overview
    Title
    A suggested design for a postage stamp to be issued by the Judenrat in the Lodz Ghetto
    Date
    1940-1944
    Medium
    35 mm cellulose nitrate negative
    Dimensions
    Overall: 17.8 x 12.9 cm (7 x 5 1/16 in.)
    Credit Line
    Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
    Object Number
    2007/1956.8
    Type of object
    Negative
    Description

    In the centre, a Star of David design with work implements in the centre. In the uper right corner is a portrait of Mordechai Chaim Rumkowksi. The text, in German and Yiddish reads: Postal Department of the Elder of the Jews, Litzmannstadt Ghetto. (Source: Ghetto Fighters' House Archives)

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