Bidspirit auction | MISKOLC, HUNGARY JEWISH TRADE ASSOCIATION

MISKOLC, HUNGARY JEWISH TRADE ASSOCIATION STAMPS - Group of six different commemorative non-postal stamps issued by the ”Mikolc Jewish Trade Association” celebrating their centennial and showing a pair of hands shaking. Fine. Under the supervision of Nazi SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Adolf Eichmann, ”deportations” from Miskolc began on June 11 or 12th, 1944. Over 14,000 Jewish adults and children were sent by cattle car to Auschwitz, where most were gassed on arrival. After the war Jews who survived the holocaust returned to Miskolc hoping to reclaim their land and possessions. Over 130 were rounded up by members of the local Arrow Cross Party and summarily murdered.