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Sheet of postage stamps issued in Nazi Germany acquired by a US soldier

Object | Accession Number: 1996.4.5.1

Date: received: approximately 1945
Geography: issue: Germany
Language: German
Classification: Exchange Media
Category: Postage stamps
Object Type: Postage stamps (lcsh)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Erna Rothschild

Physical Description: One sheet of Third Reich issued postage stamps.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 8.875 inches (22.543 cm) | Width: 7.135 inches (18.123 cm) | Depth: 0.870 inches (2.21 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink, adhesive
Topical Term: Jewish soldiers--United States--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The sheet of postage stamps was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1996 by Erna Rothschild.
Primary Number: 1996.4
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2023-05-31 06:55:18
This page: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn11635

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