Poczta Polska commemorates the liberation of the German Auschwitz KL camp
On January 27, philatelic emissions commemorating the victims of the German Auschwitz camp. The " 75th anniversary of the liberation of the German Nazi concentration and extermination of Auschwitz " will be released in a multi -million circulation.
The latest issue of Poczta Polska aims to commemorate the victims of one of the greatest crimes in the history of humanity. Auschwitz's Konzentrationslager was a place of mass murder made by German Nazis. It is estimated that as a result of their actions, more than a million people of different nationalities were killed.
The author of the project Roch Stefaniak showed a graphics showing the symbol of the Auschwitz camp on the stamp - an open camp gate, and in it a date inscribed 27/I/1945 and the inscription: German Nazi concentration camp and extermination of Auschwitz. In addition to the stamp, Poczta Polska issued an FDC envelope (on the first day of circulation), at which a photograph showing a photograph showing the view from a bird's eye view to the gate of the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.
KL Auschwitz was created by the Germans in mid -1940 in the suburbs of Oświęcim, a city incorporated into the Third Reich. At the beginning, mainly Poles were brought here, from 1942 the camp became a place of mass extermination of Jews-imprisoned and murdered primarily in the Auschwitz-Birkenau, branch extended for these needs. It was here that about 90 percent died. victims of the entire KL Auschwitz complex.
In January 1945, together with the offensive of the Red Army, the Germans evacuated in a hurry and did not manage to destroy the camp. Other barracks, crematorium, spiky wire fences and a gate. Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide and szoa for the world. The camp was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name "Auschwitz Birkenau German Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camp (1940–1945)".
The emission introduced into circulation is another Poczta Polska Publishing House of this type. In January 2018, the company introduced into circulation the "never again! Never Again! ”, Dedicated to the victims of German, Nazi concentration camps located in Poland.
About the stamp:
Author of the Stamp: Roch Stefaniak
Number of stamps: 1
Value: 3.30 PLN
Edition: Multi -million, repetitive
printing technique: rotogigiura
Back format: 31.25 x 25.5 mm
Paper: fluorescent
sales sheet: 100 stamps
Poczta Polska's philatelic publishing houses can be bought at post offices and the online store: www.filatelistyka.poczta-polska.pl .