German Fed. Rep.

Date1983, 13 I
Value80 (Pfg)
Catalog no.Mi 1162   Sc 1385   SG 2012   Y&T 994
TopicConcentration Camps
Occasion40th death anniversary of Edith Stein.
DescriptionInscription EDITH STEIN   †1942 AUSCHWITZ
Edith Stein or Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was born in Breslau (Wrocław) , October 12, 1891. She was a Roman Catholic Jewish-German philosopher. She was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz-Birkenau, presumablyon August 9, 1942. She was canonized in 1998.