The American Philatelic Society is proud to announce a special screening of the 2025 documentary The Stamp Thief at Great American Stamp Show this August.

The Stamp Thief is the passion project of director Dan Sturman and producer Gary Gilbert. The film reveals a crime of pure greed committed by a Nazi officer, but largely forgotten amidst the atrocities of the Holocaust; the officer, tasked with cataloging valuables stolen from the Jews who were sent to concentration camps, instead stole millions of dollars’ worth of rare stamps and buried them. Gary Gilbert, a stamp collector (and former APS member), investigates the mystery in a film described as “part detective story, part heist film, and part historical reckoning … an engrossing cat-and-mouse journey.”

The Stamp Thief will make its philatelic debut on Friday, August 15, at the AMC Streets of Woodfield 20 in Schaumburg, Illinois. After the film, producer Gary Gilbert will host a question and answer session, and we will also welcome a local Holocaust survivor to speak to the audience.

The APS thanks Danny Spungen and the Florence and Laurence Spungen Family Foundation and the Polonus Polish Philatelic Society for their sponsorship of this event, as well as Dan Sturman and Gary Gilbert for making this screening a reality.

Details

The film will be shown at the AMC Streets of Woodfield 20 theatre, located in the Woodfield Mall. There is a complimentary shuttle service from the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and hotel to the Woodfield Mall.

Date: Friday, August 15, 2025

Location: AMC Streets of Woodfield 20

Schedule

Doors open: 9:30 a.m.

Film begins: 10:00 a.m.

Film duration: 1 hr 43 minutes

Post-film Q&A: 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m.

Ticket price: $39

With their ticket, attendees will receive a voucher for popcorn and a soda.

Purchase tickets here. Please note, there is limited availability.