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First Day Cover: French Commemoration Of Vel’ D’Hiv Roundup Of French Jews Jul 1995

First Day Cover: French Commemoration Of Vel’ D’Hiv Roundup Of French Jews

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

White envelope with a large faux stamp. The illustration inside the stamp is of people waiting in a long line. Titled, "La Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: FDC French Stamp Commemorating La Rafle du Vel' d'Hiv (Velodrome d'Hiver) which is the Raid of the Winter Velodrome or bicycling stadium in Paris. This was a Nazi decreed raid and mass arrest in Paris on July 16-17, 1942, aimed at the Jewish population in occupied France. 13,152 men, women and children were arrested and held at the Velodrome d'Hiver and the Drancy Internment Camp nearby under deplorable …


V-E Day Stamps May 1995

V-E Day Stamps

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Large white envelope with a green illustration of a man saluting with troops in the background. Includes a series of stamps depicting Auschwitz and St. Vincent & the Grenadines.

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.


50 Years Since The Liberation Of The Auschwitz Death Camp Souvenir Leaf Jan 1995

50 Years Since The Liberation Of The Auschwitz Death Camp Souvenir Leaf

Bulmash Family Holocaust Collection

Front: White card with a photograph of the train tracks leading to Auschwitz. Titled, "Souvenir Leaf, 50 Years Since the Liberation of the Auschwitz Death Camp."Back: Text in Hebrew and English. Titled, "Beit Lohamei Hagethaot - The Ghetto Fighters' House."

Information Provided by Michael D. Bulmash: Auschwitz was liberated on January 20, 1945.