Israel

Date2013, 02 IV
Value9.50 (NIS)
Catalog no.Mi 2332   Sc --   SG 2213   Y&T --
TopicSecond World War
Occasion70th anniversary of the Uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto
DescriptionThe Israeli Post issued this stamp with attached label (z przywieszką) The stamp shows Paweł Frenkel, commander of the Jewish Military Organization (ZZW), against the background of the building on Plac Muranowski that was set ablaze by the Germans. The Zionist and Polish flags raised by the ZZW fighters are visible on the roof. The Zionist flag now is the national Israeli flag. Frenkel’s image was recreated as described by surviviors. The text "Flags over the Ghetto" is the title of a book, written by Moshe Arens. The picture of the burning houses originate from a photograph made ​​on the Muranowski Square at the end of the Uprising.