Invitation to a Purim festivity, General Organization of Zionists "Theodor Herzl," Shanghai, 1940

Identifier
irn539597
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2015.584.2
Dates
1 Jan 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
  • Hebrew
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn539597

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Funding Note: The acquisition of this document was made possible by the Crown Family.

Purchse, Kedem Public Auction House, Ltd., 2015.

Scope and Content

One printed leaflet, announcing a Purim event hosted by the youth of the General Organization of Zionists, "Theodor Herzl," in Shanghai, China, on 27 March 1940. The event was to take place at the Broadway Theatre on Wayside Road, and likely included the performance of a play titled "Zion and Ourselves" by Bruno Guttentag, a synopsis of which is given on the verso of this leaflet.

Subjects

  • Purim plays.
  • Jewish refugees--China--Shanghai.
  • Zionists--China.

Genre

  • Document
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