Here, we share short stories revolving around various individual postal items. The PDF provides background information on the theme of the postal item, which could be addressed in an exhibit featuring the respective piece (be it thematic, open philately, or social philately). At times, you might wonder if the connections between the item and the theme are rather far-fetched, while at other times, they may be more obvious. Ultimately, how far you wish to explore these connections—potentially in your own exhibit—is entirely up to you. For us, it’s always a great pleasure to let our imagination wander when finding links between the item and its theme.
Today we are telling a story based on a letter from the lawyer Dr A. Stein / Vienna. He defended a Jewish shoemaker, Leopold Hilsner, who was sentenced to death, pardoned and innocently imprisoned for 18 years. Officially, the sentence was only overturned around 100 years after the unsolved crime.
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