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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Your duplicates still being sought- Holocaust Stamps Project

 

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07 May 2014
06:17:04pm
As the 5th year of the Holocaust Stamps Project nears its conclusion, students and the community of Foxborough Regional Charter School have counted an incredible 3,723,127 cancelled stamps as they continue their Community Service Learning (CSL)initiative to honor the memories of 11 million Holocaust victims.

Plans are underway for a custom-designed display, to be installed outside the school in a public venue, of the initial 1.5 million stamps, representing the number of children who perished. A senior art student at the school is working on a related child-figure sculpture to accompany the display.

Students continue to design and assemble stamps collage artworks (with 11 of 18 completed, and 2 more underway)that reflect what they have learned relative to the events, and people affected by, the Holocaust.

Unfortunately the "total number" hasn't been updated on the Project website for awhile, but there is lots of interesting info and photos available, if you're interested:
http://www.foxboroughrcs.org/students-families/frcs-holocaust-stamp-project/

More than 7 million stamps are still being sought as the Project continues through the summer...If you network, feel free to tweet and post about HSP!!!!
Holocaust Stamps Project, FRCS, 131 Central St., Foxboro, MA 02035

MANY THANKS to Stamporama members who have supported the Project in the past!!!!!






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Jeredutt3

07 May 2014
10:51:39pm
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I actually have a batch about ready ready to send. Not much but I save any of my damaged material to send as I sort and mount. I think it is an amazing project.

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10 May 2014
11:41:40am
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Count me in also, Charlotte. I am about to finish up another rather large box, with the addition of stamps from a couple of the local club members. Now if only I could get them to cough up some peso's to help pay the postage....!
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13 May 2014
03:25:00pm
re: Your duplicates still being sought- Holocaust Stamps Project

Thank you both, very much!
As of 5/12/2014, the new total is 3,749,200!

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13 May 2014
03:59:58pm
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package sent yesterday (Monday)

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14 May 2014
06:54:48pm
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FANTASTIC! I'll let the coordinator at the school know to expect your package.
Many thanks,
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13 Jun 2014
02:27:27pm
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Check out this box cover for the project! There are 125 1c stamps on the box LOL The box is full of 48c Irish flowers from a big batch of kiloware I bought a few years ago. I was so happy to find a use for all of those darn flowers!

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13 Jun 2014
05:20:22pm
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Just last week I mailed an old album of worlwide stamps (about a couple of hundred). I don't seem to get any acknowledgement that things I sent are received, so I hope they got there. I think it might be informative to the sender to message them or post when material is received.

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14 Jun 2014
01:12:03am
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I was just curious: I see that you list 11 million victims of the Holocaust. Does that number include not only Jews now, but homosexuals, gypsies, and other victims recorded as murdered in the Nazi death camps?

In the past, I have read that the Holocaust contributed to the deaths of 7 million Jews and while many many millions of people died during WWII at the hands of the Nazis, the Holocaust number of deaths were, in the past, exclusively reserved for the Jews.

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14 Jun 2014
05:58:15am
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That would be the total of all holocaust victims

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16 Jun 2014
10:38:45pm
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collecting that many stamps is certainly a challenge.

Add in at least 26 million Russians or the total deaths in WWII for a surely insurmountable goal.

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17 Jun 2014
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For some reason, I did not notice this thread before. I have a box full sitting on the floor here tat I will package up and ship off within the next week. Given the fact that so many groups are now attempting to convince people that the Holocaust never happened, anything that can be done to keep those memories alive is worthwhile. It will not be long before everyone who was alive during that time period will have passed on.
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18 Jun 2014
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I hope that this will not take away from the project or from the importance of remembering the holocaust. I see that the topic has correctly included notice of the immense numbers of Soviet citizens and soldiers who perished in both concentration and POW camps; and it includes gypsies, Catholics, gays. Unmentioned are the physically and psychologically damaged who were either killed or used in experiments.

but I write because these souls were and are not alone in their suffering. Less than half the 6 million Soviet POWs returned, the rest dying in German camps. Stalin banished or killed many of the repatriated POWs, angered that they had surrendered, even though HE had put them in untenable defensive positions. Stalin is also responsible for the 22,000 Polish soldiers he executed in Katyn. More millions, especially in Ukraine, died of starvation, with the estimate for the 1932 pogrom as high as 7 million on top of those who died in the early 20s under Lenin. Today, we can watch videos of surrendered Iraqi soldiers being executed.

I think we need not worry about forgetting; there is a near-constant reminder of our inhumanity.

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18 Jun 2014
07:18:38pm
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David said, "Stalin banished or killed many of the repatriated POWs, angered that they had surrendered, even though he had put them in untenable defensive positions."

He's correct, no doubt. I have read that the Soviets feared that the POWs had been tainted by National Socialism — Naziism — and would thus present a danger to the Soviet Union. They had no trials — there were instances of them being machine gunned as they disembarked from trains.

Following the capture of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, 91,000 German POWs were placed in the open behind barbed wire without food or any supplies, swelling the total of German POWs in Russia to 170,000. Only 6,000 German soldiers were eventually repatriated to Germany.

Although I lived in the wintery centre of British Colubia for 28 years, I can't imagine the conditions under which the German and Russian soldiers fought. Here's a postcard in my collection showing German soldiers probably in the Ukraine, thawing the differential of a truck with an open fire. Brrrr!:

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25 Jun 2014
02:38:58pm
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Thank you to all who have commented on this thread and added to the discussion of the millions of innocents - in so many places - who so tragically lost their lives in WWII or other engagements.
Philatelia- Your philatelic work-of-art mailing box was not only received intact, but it was passed on to me to process (trim and count) during the summer break! THANK YOU!

Many acknowledgement notes will be sent out to others over the summer; students ran out of time to write them all so the program facilitator will be getting them out during July and August!


School ended today with the final to-date tally of 3,888,794 donated stamps, trimmed/soaked and counted.

Please visit the VIEWS and VOICES page of the Holocaust Stamps Project website to see images of the completed stamps collage pictures, along with their backstories. One of the 18 x 24 inch images honors the memories of members of the homosexual community who perished at the hands of the Third Reich. The rainbow flag features two pink triangles in the center: one downturned and pale as the badge of shame that people were forced to wear during WWII, and there's also the upturned brighter pink triangle representing the badge of honor it has now come to symbolize for those who display it.

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25 Jun 2014
05:45:35pm
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You're very welcome!

I'm prepping another box now - should be full in a few weeks. I hope those Irish flowers will be a welcome change from all the flags I suppose you're getting, eh? We're rooting for the project to reach the goal.

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28 Jun 2014
09:38:10am
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"The Metamorphosis of the Pink Triangle" stamps collage.
David, I thought you might like to see this one!

The description of the artwork, found on the Holocaust Stamps Project website:
The pink triangle, rendered in hot pink is known as a gay pride and gay rights symbol, was originally rendered in pink and used pointed downward on a Nazi concentration camp badge to denote homosexual men.
The design incorporates the inverted triangle to honor all those who wore this badge of “dishonor” during their incarceration and many wore the pink badge to their deaths. Intolerance and evil surrounding the extermination of anyone deemed undesirable has given way to a more tolerant world, more accepting of differences. Not perfect, yet—but more accepting.
The metamorphosis of the pink triangle into a sign of pride in the 21st century is a testament to the enduring human spirit. The hot pink upward standing triangle has as part of its core the inverted—so as to never forget its roots.
The multicolored background is representative of the flag of the LGBT community. The original flag was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978, it is said that he drew inspiration from the song Over the Rainbow and from a world peace demonstration using a multi-colored “Flag of the Races”.
A common theme among the stamps selected for this college: “Win the War”, also selected were items of military nature interestingly enough. Another interesting stamp is the German stamp feature in the center downward facing triangle. Members of the FRCS Gay Straight Alliance worked on this collage for many months during the 2012-20
13 school year.

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07 May 2014
06:17:04pm

As the 5th year of the Holocaust Stamps Project nears its conclusion, students and the community of Foxborough Regional Charter School have counted an incredible 3,723,127 cancelled stamps as they continue their Community Service Learning (CSL)initiative to honor the memories of 11 million Holocaust victims.

Plans are underway for a custom-designed display, to be installed outside the school in a public venue, of the initial 1.5 million stamps, representing the number of children who perished. A senior art student at the school is working on a related child-figure sculpture to accompany the display.

Students continue to design and assemble stamps collage artworks (with 11 of 18 completed, and 2 more underway)that reflect what they have learned relative to the events, and people affected by, the Holocaust.

Unfortunately the "total number" hasn't been updated on the Project website for awhile, but there is lots of interesting info and photos available, if you're interested:
http://www.foxboroughrcs.org/students-families/frcs-holocaust-stamp-project/

More than 7 million stamps are still being sought as the Project continues through the summer...If you network, feel free to tweet and post about HSP!!!!
Holocaust Stamps Project, FRCS, 131 Central St., Foxboro, MA 02035

MANY THANKS to Stamporama members who have supported the Project in the past!!!!!






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Jeredutt3

07 May 2014
10:51:39pm

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I actually have a batch about ready ready to send. Not much but I save any of my damaged material to send as I sort and mount. I think it is an amazing project.

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10 May 2014
11:41:40am

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Count me in also, Charlotte. I am about to finish up another rather large box, with the addition of stamps from a couple of the local club members. Now if only I could get them to cough up some peso's to help pay the postage....!
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13 May 2014
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Thank you both, very much!
As of 5/12/2014, the new total is 3,749,200!

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Martyn

13 May 2014
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package sent yesterday (Monday)

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14 May 2014
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FANTASTIC! I'll let the coordinator at the school know to expect your package.
Many thanks,
HappyCharlotte

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13 Jun 2014
02:27:27pm

re: Your duplicates still being sought- Holocaust Stamps Project

Check out this box cover for the project! There are 125 1c stamps on the box LOL The box is full of 48c Irish flowers from a big batch of kiloware I bought a few years ago. I was so happy to find a use for all of those darn flowers!

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13 Jun 2014
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Just last week I mailed an old album of worlwide stamps (about a couple of hundred). I don't seem to get any acknowledgement that things I sent are received, so I hope they got there. I think it might be informative to the sender to message them or post when material is received.

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14 Jun 2014
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re: Your duplicates still being sought- Holocaust Stamps Project

I was just curious: I see that you list 11 million victims of the Holocaust. Does that number include not only Jews now, but homosexuals, gypsies, and other victims recorded as murdered in the Nazi death camps?

In the past, I have read that the Holocaust contributed to the deaths of 7 million Jews and while many many millions of people died during WWII at the hands of the Nazis, the Holocaust number of deaths were, in the past, exclusively reserved for the Jews.

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14 Jun 2014
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That would be the total of all holocaust victims

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16 Jun 2014
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collecting that many stamps is certainly a challenge.

Add in at least 26 million Russians or the total deaths in WWII for a surely insurmountable goal.

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stampmanjack

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17 Jun 2014
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For some reason, I did not notice this thread before. I have a box full sitting on the floor here tat I will package up and ship off within the next week. Given the fact that so many groups are now attempting to convince people that the Holocaust never happened, anything that can be done to keep those memories alive is worthwhile. It will not be long before everyone who was alive during that time period will have passed on.
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18 Jun 2014
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re: Your duplicates still being sought- Holocaust Stamps Project

I hope that this will not take away from the project or from the importance of remembering the holocaust. I see that the topic has correctly included notice of the immense numbers of Soviet citizens and soldiers who perished in both concentration and POW camps; and it includes gypsies, Catholics, gays. Unmentioned are the physically and psychologically damaged who were either killed or used in experiments.

but I write because these souls were and are not alone in their suffering. Less than half the 6 million Soviet POWs returned, the rest dying in German camps. Stalin banished or killed many of the repatriated POWs, angered that they had surrendered, even though HE had put them in untenable defensive positions. Stalin is also responsible for the 22,000 Polish soldiers he executed in Katyn. More millions, especially in Ukraine, died of starvation, with the estimate for the 1932 pogrom as high as 7 million on top of those who died in the early 20s under Lenin. Today, we can watch videos of surrendered Iraqi soldiers being executed.

I think we need not worry about forgetting; there is a near-constant reminder of our inhumanity.

David

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18 Jun 2014
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David said, "Stalin banished or killed many of the repatriated POWs, angered that they had surrendered, even though he had put them in untenable defensive positions."

He's correct, no doubt. I have read that the Soviets feared that the POWs had been tainted by National Socialism — Naziism — and would thus present a danger to the Soviet Union. They had no trials — there were instances of them being machine gunned as they disembarked from trains.

Following the capture of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, 91,000 German POWs were placed in the open behind barbed wire without food or any supplies, swelling the total of German POWs in Russia to 170,000. Only 6,000 German soldiers were eventually repatriated to Germany.

Although I lived in the wintery centre of British Colubia for 28 years, I can't imagine the conditions under which the German and Russian soldiers fought. Here's a postcard in my collection showing German soldiers probably in the Ukraine, thawing the differential of a truck with an open fire. Brrrr!:

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25 Jun 2014
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re: Your duplicates still being sought- Holocaust Stamps Project

Thank you to all who have commented on this thread and added to the discussion of the millions of innocents - in so many places - who so tragically lost their lives in WWII or other engagements.
Philatelia- Your philatelic work-of-art mailing box was not only received intact, but it was passed on to me to process (trim and count) during the summer break! THANK YOU!

Many acknowledgement notes will be sent out to others over the summer; students ran out of time to write them all so the program facilitator will be getting them out during July and August!


School ended today with the final to-date tally of 3,888,794 donated stamps, trimmed/soaked and counted.

Please visit the VIEWS and VOICES page of the Holocaust Stamps Project website to see images of the completed stamps collage pictures, along with their backstories. One of the 18 x 24 inch images honors the memories of members of the homosexual community who perished at the hands of the Third Reich. The rainbow flag features two pink triangles in the center: one downturned and pale as the badge of shame that people were forced to wear during WWII, and there's also the upturned brighter pink triangle representing the badge of honor it has now come to symbolize for those who display it.

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You're very welcome!

I'm prepping another box now - should be full in a few weeks. I hope those Irish flowers will be a welcome change from all the flags I suppose you're getting, eh? We're rooting for the project to reach the goal.

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28 Jun 2014
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"The Metamorphosis of the Pink Triangle" stamps collage.
David, I thought you might like to see this one!

The description of the artwork, found on the Holocaust Stamps Project website:
The pink triangle, rendered in hot pink is known as a gay pride and gay rights symbol, was originally rendered in pink and used pointed downward on a Nazi concentration camp badge to denote homosexual men.
The design incorporates the inverted triangle to honor all those who wore this badge of “dishonor” during their incarceration and many wore the pink badge to their deaths. Intolerance and evil surrounding the extermination of anyone deemed undesirable has given way to a more tolerant world, more accepting of differences. Not perfect, yet—but more accepting.
The metamorphosis of the pink triangle into a sign of pride in the 21st century is a testament to the enduring human spirit. The hot pink upward standing triangle has as part of its core the inverted—so as to never forget its roots.
The multicolored background is representative of the flag of the LGBT community. The original flag was created by Gilbert Baker in 1978, it is said that he drew inspiration from the song Over the Rainbow and from a world peace demonstration using a multi-colored “Flag of the Races”.
A common theme among the stamps selected for this college: “Win the War”, also selected were items of military nature interestingly enough. Another interesting stamp is the German stamp feature in the center downward facing triangle. Members of the FRCS Gay Straight Alliance worked on this collage for many months during the 2012-20
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