Litzmannstadt Ghetto Judenpost stamps depicting Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski and the Zigerska Street bridge, both defining symbols of Lodz

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Artist:
Henryk Ross
Polish, 1910 - 1991
Title
Litzmannstadt Ghetto Judenpost stamps depicting Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski and the Zigerska Street bridge, both defining symbols of Lodz
Date
1940
Medium
7 gelatin silver prints of stamps pasted to card
Dimensions
17.7 × 25.3 cm (6 15/16 × 9 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from Archive of Modern Conflict, 2007
Object Number
2007/2730
Type of object
Photograph
Extended Label
These postage stamps were issued during the occupation of Lodz, which was renamed “Litzmannstadt” by the Germans on April 11, 1940. Ross and other members of the ghetto’s Statistics Department were tasked with designing the stamps.
Exhibitions & Publications
Published References
Jan Van Pelt, Robert. Lodz and Ghetto Litzmannstadt Promised Land and Croaking Hole of Europe. Toronto: Art Gallery of Ontario, 2015, pg 92
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