[UMB093]
Rabbit Girls - Operation Cornflakes
The United States Office of Strategic Services printed a "Futsches Reich" Hitler
skull parody of the Germany 1941-44 12 pfennig carmine Hitler-head. These forgeries were
used as part of "Operation Cornflakes," an elaborate scheme to airdrop mailbags
filled with propaganda near bombed railway mail cars. This name was the natural result of
the aim of the campaign, to place American propaganda on the German breakfast table each
morning. This stamp is normally identified as "the Hitler skull stamp" or
"the Hitler deaths-head stamp." The text at the bottom of the stamp was altered
from DEUTSCHES REICH to FUTSCHES REICH ("LOST EMPIRE"). The OSS printed
1,138,500 of these parody postal stamps and shipped them to their agents all over Europe.
The skull stamps were sometimes placed inside envelopes and mailed into Germany.
"At the Ravensbrueck concentration camp for women hundreds of Polish inmates--the
"rabbit girls" they were called--were given gas gangrene wounds while others
were subjected to "experiments" in bone grafting."
- The Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, by William L. Schirer
"5/09 *Please note official new artwork for this release. All previous cover artwork is unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Thanks."
Rabbit Girls do not wish to be associated in any way with Vogue magazine, fashion photography,
copyright issues, Erwin Blumenfeld's Estate, licensing opportunities, or any
associated "accomplished artists", either real or implied.
[UMB093] Rabbit Girls - Operation Cornflakes
2. Sibilate ( 8,437 kb) Album Cover Art : Front Cover ( 42 kb)
3. Rasp ( 17,314 kb) Back Cover ( 163 kb)
