Postwar Allied-Controlled Postcard and Stamps Liberation of Dachau 1947

POST-WWII POSTCARD AND STAMP FROM ALLIED-CONTROLLED GERMANY, depicting a poster advertising a "Befreiungsfeier Dachau 1947" (Liberation Celebration Dachau 1947), commemorated the liberation of the Dachau Concentration Camp. 

The postcard's imagery, featuring figures in striped prisoner uniforms, reflected the experiences of those imprisoned during the Holocaust. This memorial postcard's design is attributed to Gerhard Kreische from Berlin-Zehlendorf. It was published by the "Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes (VVN)" (Association of Persecutees of the Nazi Regime) to commemorate the liberation day in Munich.

A DEUTSCHE POST stamp depicted Heinrich von Stephan, who was instrumental in the establishment of the Universal Postal Union and the German postal system. It commemorated the 50th anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Stephan. It was issued by the Allied Control Council for use in the American, British, and Soviet Occupation Zones of Germany (Trizone) following World War II.  A special postmark (the triangle used on concentration camp prisoner uniforms) from Dachau, dated 18 May 18, 1947, with the inscription "DACHAU-GEDÄCHTNISKUNDGEBUNG" (Dachau Memorial Rally),  indicating the stamp was used in the town of Dachau, which was historically significant for its concentration camp during the Nazi regime.  The stamp carried a denomination value of 24 Pfennig. 

The Dachau Concentration Camp, located northwest of Munich, Germany, was the first regular concentration camp established by the Nazis in 1933. It served as a model for other concentration camps and a "school of violence" for the SS. On 29 April 1945, American troops liberated the camp, freeing around 30,000 starving prisoners.