A unique filmstrip, “The Holocaust in Stamps,” has been released by the World Zionist Organization-American Section’s Department of Education and Culture. Charlotte Jacobson, chairman of the WZO-American Section, said the filmstrip presents the Holocaust through the art and symbols of commemorative stamps. The filmstrip follows the historical chronology from Kristallnacht — the night of Nov. 9, 1938 when 191 synagogues in Germany were set afire by Nazi riots — to the struggle after the war to bring the Holocaust refugees into Palestine despite the British blockade. The stamps memorializing the Holocaust were issued by Belgium, Czechoslovakia, the Dominican Republic, France, East and West Germany. Holland, Hungary, Israel, Poland and the United States.
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