Start Content

Postage Stamp

To mark the hundredth anniversary of Georg Elser’s birth on January 16, 2003, Deutsche Post issued a special postage stamp to commemorate the resistance fighter and honor his assassination attempt.

Previously, the Bremen Georg Elser Initiative under the patronage of Hans Koschnick had called on all Germans to support this special form of honor for Georg Elser and appeal to the Federal Minister of Finance in a postcard and e-card campaign. The campaign “A Stamp for Georg Elser,” which was also supported by the German Resis­tance Memorial Center and the Georg Elser Memorial Center Königsbronn, prompted success with many hundreds of postcards from all over Germany.

Out of the nine drafts entered for the subsequent competition for the anniversary postage stamp, the design by Professor Ernst Jünger and Lorli Jünger was chosen as the winning version.

Deutsche Post AG
Deutsche Post commemorative stamp with first day postmark, 2003.
[Translate to Englisch:] Bundesministeriums der Finanzen
The prizewinning design by Professor Ernst Jünger and Lorli Jünger originally showed the police-issued photo of Georg Elser. On the initiative of his brother Leonhard Elser and the Heidenheim Georg Elser Working Group, the final version of the postage stamp featured a photo showing Georg Elser around 1938, well before his arrest and mistreatment by the Gestapo.
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”
Bundesministerium der Finanzen
Federal Ministry of Finance documentation with the various designs for the commemorative stamp “Hundredth anniversary of the birth of Georg Elser.”