Ostarbeiter 50 Pfennig Stamp

Germany · 1942 · 50 Pfennig

The stamp features a stylized image of a male worker holding a shovel, facing right. Text includes 'OST-ARBEITER' at the top and 'DEUTSCHES REICH 50 PFENNIG' at the bottom.

Issued by Nazi Germany around 1942, this stamp served as scrip for 'Ostarbeiter' (Eastern Workers), primarily Ukrainians, forced into labor during World War II. It functioned as an internal currency within the brutal forced labor system.