Uruguay

Date2015, 28 I
Value$15, $50 (pesos)
Catalog no.Mi 3399 - 3400   Sc 2498   SG --   Y&T --
TopicConcentration Camps - Benkel de Vinocur, Ana
Occasion70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
DescriptionOn $15 the portrait of Ana Benkel de Vinocur, who survived Auschwitz and emigrated to Uruguay. Text on the attached label (translated):
Woman, Jewish, Polish and Uruguayan
Singer, writer, broadcaster of memory
Holocaust survivor.

On $50 the entrance of the Auschwitz concentration camp. Text on the attached label:
AUSCHWITZ CONCENTRATION AND EXTERMINATION CAMP
Located west of Cracow (Poland), was the world capital of the industry of death. Built by the Nazi regime in 1940. Closed definitely January 27, 1945.