Text only poster urging a positive welcome for Jews returning to Poland from the Soviet Union postwar
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 17.875 inches (45.403 cm) | Width: 25.250 inches (64.135 cm)
pictorial area: Height: 16.375 inches (41.593 cm) | Width: 23.375 inches (59.373 cm)
Creator(s)
- Dos Naje Lebn Printing Press (Printer)
- Tsentral-Komitet fun di Yidn in Poyln (Issuer)
Archival History
The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
Funding Note: The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Broadside proclamation issued by the Central Committee of Polish Jews (Tsentral-Komitet fun di Yidn in Poyln), urging Polish Jews to welcome Jews returning to Poland from the Soviet Union after World War II. It urged them to offer both moral and financial support. The undated poster was printed in Łódź in approximately 1945-1947.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Rectangular lithographed poster on paper mounted on slightly larger linen backing, It has a light brown background with widely spaced Hebrew text in bold font in black ink with some lines in red ink.
Corporate Bodies
- Central Committee of Polish Jews
Subjects
- Repatriation--Soviet Union--History--20th century.
- Jewish refugees--Soviet Union.
- Jews--Poland.
- Repatriation--Poland--History--20th century.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees--Soviet Union.
Genre
- Posters
- Object