Text only poster imploring people to enlist in the Jewish Brigade
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm) | Width: 12.125 inches (30.798 cm)
Creator(s)
- Achdut Cooperative Printing Press (Printer)
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 recruitment plea for the Jewish Brigade Group in Palestine. Great Britain had ruled Palestine under a League of Nations mandate since 1920. Palestinian units had been part of the British Army since 1940. The Jewish Brigade was established in September 1944. It included more than 5000 Jewish volunteers living in Palestine and was the only independent, national Jewish unit to serve in WWII. The Group served under the Zionist flag. It served in combat during the final battles for the liberation of Italy. The British dissolved the Brigade in the summer of 1946.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Hebrew text only poster printed in black ink on lightweight paper made to look like parchment. There is a 3 word title in stylized characters printed diagonally in large, bold font at the top. In the center are 14 lines of text, then 5 lines in midsize font. There is printing information in small font in the bottom right corner.
top, pencil : 128 22
Corporate Bodies
- Great Britain. Army. Jewish Brigade
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Jewish.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Palestine.
- Palestine--History--1917-1948.
Genre
- Posters
- Object