Israel

Date2014, 08 IV
Value9,60 (NIS)
Catalog no.Mi 2404   Sc --   SG 2277   Y&T --
TopicConcentration Camps
Occasion59th Anniversary of the liberation of the Jewish from the concentration camps
DescriptionViolins, used during WWII in concentration camps and ghettos are collected, restored and documented in Israel.
On the stamp: a violin that survived the Holocaust. In the background: the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp entrance gate and the train tracks leading up to it. The tab shows a drawing of a Klezmer playing a violin and the text: 'As the musician played..." from the Bible, 2nd book of Kings, 3:15.