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title: Forged Winterhilfswerk stamp booklet (British black propaganda for Germany)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/whw-stamp-booklet-forgery-pwe-1943/
description: 'Three views of a counterfeit ''Winterhilfsbriefmarken der Deutschen Reichspost'' booklet: a red cover with the Reich eagle and ''valid until 30 June 1943''…'
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Counterfeit Nazi charity stamp booklet carrying caricatures of Nazi figures, including a soldier with a smashed face. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Forged Winterhilfswerk stamp booklet (British black propaganda for Germany)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/whw-stamp-booklet-forgery-pwe-1943.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/whw-stamp-booklet-forgery-pwe-1943.jpg)

# Forged Winterhilfswerk stamp booklet (British black propaganda for Germany)

Three views of a counterfeit 'Winterhilfsbriefmarken der Deutschen Reichspost' booklet: a red cover with the Reich eagle and 'valid until 30 June 1943', a pane of five 12-pfennig and five 3-pfennig 'Winterhilfswerk' stamps whose pictures are caricatures, and a back cover reading 'WHW 1942/43, Ein Volk hilft sich selbst'. The look and wording of the official charity booklet carry a hostile message, and nothing on it shows a British origin.

## Text on the object

Original (German) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Winterhilfsbriefmarken
der Deutschen Reichspost

4 Stück 3-Rpf-Marken
5 Stück 5-Rpf-Marken
5 Stück 6-Rpf-Marken
5 Stück 12-Rpf-Marken

Gültig bis 30. Juni 1943 · Abgabepreis 2 RM

[stamp pane, upper row:] 12+3 Deutsches Reich Winterhilfswerk [illegible - small line of artist's name below each stamp]
[stamp pane, lower row:] Deutsches Reich 3+2 Winterhilfswerk

WHW 1942/43
Ein Volk hilft sich selbst
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Winter-relief postage stamps
of the German Reichspost

4 pieces 3-pfennig stamps
5 pieces 5-pfennig stamps
5 pieces 6-pfennig stamps
5 pieces 12-pfennig stamps

Valid until 30 June 1943 - Sale price 2 RM

[stamp pane, upper row:] 12+3 German Reich Winter Relief [illegible - small line of artist's name below each stamp]
[stamp pane, lower row:] German Reich 3+2 Winter Relief

WHW 1942/43
A people helps itself
```

Fraktur lettering. The surcharge figures on the stamps (12+3, 3+2) are small and read from the scan with moderate confidence. Translation is a literal machine rendering by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

[← 'Wer hatte recht?' ('Who was right?') (Allied leaflet to Germany)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/wer-hatte-recht-raf-leaflet-1943/) [Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (film frame) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/why-we-fight-battle-of-britain-1943/)

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