This blog (by Zeev Barkan) is dedicated to the Star of David, its history, its various meanings and usages in different cultures. It includes thousands of pictures of Star of David, six-pointed stars, hexagrams, Solomon's Seals, Magen Davids and yellow badges,and served as a resource for three books and four art exhibitions.
Monday, September 03, 2007
Holocaust Memorial Day Postcard
Yellow badge and memorial candles on a postcard of the Israeli Postal Authority is courtesy of Pictorial History collector
Stephanie Comfort who published it on Flickr
German Anti-Semitism Before the Holocaust
Pictorial History
Photo of a Star of David on a 1917 - German WW1 propaganda postcard about Tsar Nicholas is courtesy of Stephanie Comfort who published it on Flickr. We see Russain Tsar Nicholas dressed in a tallith (prayer shawl), with a large Star of David on top of his crown with the caption in German "To my beloved Jews" from "Our Father Nikolay.
Stephanie wrote to me:
I decided to open a Website to share my 7,000 plus Jewish postcards with interested parties. I also have a section: Duplicates - I'd like to trade my duplicates for those of others.