An anniversary to remember.

To mark the 50th anniversary of the creation of Yad Vashem — the official Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Authority — the Israel Postal Authority will release a set of two 2.20 shekel stamps.

Situated on Har Hazikaron (the Mount of Remembrance) in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem today covers 45 acres. It includes a historical museum, an art museum containing a collection from the Holocaust period, the Hall of Names listing the names of millions of Holocaust victims, a library and an education center.

The Knesset (Israeli Parliament) established Yad Vashem to commemorate the memory of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II.

The first stamp features a teddy bear displaying a yellow Star of David, which ghetto inmates were forced to wear by the Nazis. A story tells that the teddy bear with the star accompanied a young girl as she and her family fled to Siberia.

The second stamp depicts a list of Jewish forced laborers in the “Hassag” factory in Poland. Most of these laborers did not survive the holocaust, either being shot or transported to the Treblinka concentration camp.

The pair of stamps will be released after Tuesday. They’ll be available at your local stamp dealer.