01.03.2011                      25.Adar l, 5771

Süd-Afrika:

12 Jews honored on African stamps as Apartheid fighters

“This stamp issue acknowledges the extraordinary sacrifices made by Jews to the liberation of their African brethren."

The postal services of Liberia, Gambia and Sierra Leone will simultaneously issue a set of three commemorative postal sheets on Tuesday in memory of 12 Jews – men and women – who fought Apartheid and racism in Africa.
In the struggle against South African Apartheid, according to one of the commemorative sheets, it was estimated that Jews were overrepresented by 2,500 percent in proportion to the governing white population….