Poczta Polska honored the lamb family with the stamp
March 24 this year Poczta Polska has introduced a stamp to circulation, commemorating the tragic history of the lamb family. The new philatelic publishing house is part of a series documenting the fate of the heroes murdered by the Germans for helping Jews.
The creator of the Postage Stamp project Jarosław Obsendzan presented a wedding photo with the images of Wincenty and Łucja Lamb on the graphics. In the composition of the new value, photographs of portraits of the sons of the heroic family of Henry Marian and Tadeusz Stanisław appeared. Next to it was also presented a photo belonging to the Macoch Wincenty Lamb.
Together with the stamp, Poczta Polska introduced an envelope on the first day of circulation (FDC), depicting the house of the ram family, located in the village of Siedliska near Miechów. It was on this property that there was a beastly crime - the murder of Poles and four Jews hidden by the name Gottfried. Along with the photo of the lamb house on the envelope there is also a menorah, one of the most famous and oldest symbols of Judaism. The value is complemented by a date stamp, presenting the hands holding the star of David.
Local heroes from Miechów
On March 16, 1942, in the General Government, Germany began the implementation of the criminal surgery on Cryptonym Aktion "Reinhardt", aimed at the destruction of the Jewish population. A year later, on March 15, 1943, in Siedliska near Miechów for hiding a few men from the Gottfried family, German officers murdered Wincenty and Łucja Baranków with his sons. Katarzyna Baranek, Macocha Wincenty, as well as four of the five hidden Jews, who lived in the same house was also killed.
National decorations awarded to the Family of the Lamb
On July 3, 2012, Wincenty Baranek, Łucja Błanek and Katarzyna Baranek were posthumously awarded the "Righteous Among the Nations" medal during a ceremony taking place at the Museum of Polish Jews. On December 24, 2012, the same award was honored with Henryk and Tadeusz Baranek.
By the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski of November 8, 2013, Wincenty Baranek, Łucja Baranek and Katarzyna Baranek were posthumously awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Poles are the most numerous group of the "Righteous Among the Nations" medal, broadcast by the Israeli Institute Yad Vashem. About 7,000 Polish families were awarded, i.e. Ulma, Kowalski, Maciejewski, Brogowski or Black, whose members exposed or devoted their lives, helping Jewish neighbors.
Poczta Polska honors the stories of Poles saving Jews
In 2018, Poczta Polska introduced the first stamp reminiscent of the history of the murdered Ulma family, which during the occupation gave shelter to the eight to Jews. In the same year, the company also issued a card commemorating the figure of Sister Matilda Getter.
In 2019, another series of series was sent to customers and philatelists. He presented Edward Raczyński - the then minister, the matter of the foreign government of the Republic of Poland in exile, whose note was the first official report on the Holocaust, informing Western public opinion about crimes. It was also the first official speech of one of the governments in defense of all Jews persecuted by Nazi Germany.
In 2021, a value dedicated to events from Nawojowa and Kamionka Wielka municipalities in Lesser Poland was presented, where family members: Rumin, Borek and Tokarz, they paid for their help for the community of the Mosaic religion with their own lives.
In 2022, a stamp was introduced to Bronisława and Adam Kowalski with children who were brutally murdered by German gendarmes for helping and hiding Jews. In addition to the stamp, the FDC envelope was released in the limited version, i.e. the first day of circulation. It presents the outline of a map depicting around Ciepielowa, Old Ciepielowa and Rekówka, where tragic events took place.
In the same year, Poczta Polska also prepared an exhibition presenting philatelic emissions dedicated to Poles saving Jews, which could be seen in five postal facilities: Bydgoszcz, Tarnów, Łódź and Lublin. The exhibition was prepared by the Institute of National Remembrance. In 2021, this initiative took place at Main Postings in Warsaw, Katowice, Krakow, Poznań and Gdańsk.
About the stamp:
Project author: Jarosław Obsendzan
Number of stamps: 1
Sales sheet: 50 stamps
Value: 3.90 PLN
Edition: 100,000
print technique: Rotogical
format stamp: 31.25 x 39.5 mm
Paper: Fluorescent
date of introduction to circulation: March 24, 2023.