THE JEWISH LABOR COMMITTEE IN ACTION...AT HOME AND ABROAD!
New York: [Jewish Labor Committee], 1948. Item #42894
1st edition. Color poster with illustrations; double sided as large single-fold booklet as well. 53 x 41 cm.DP-era poster promoting the work of the Jewish Labor Committee; The center of the poster proudly lists the year’s projects, including:
Overseas:
- Jewish Labor and Cultural Projects;
- Relief and Rehabilitation and Displaced Persons Camps;
- Aid to Democratic Forces in Fight Against Intolerance and Anti-Semitism
Special Projects:
- Migration, Displaced Persons
- Cultural Project, books, libraries, Teachers’ Training, textbooks, study guides and materials, publications
- Projects in Palestine
Photos around the perimeter include descriptions and show:
- Child “Adoption” Drive in Shops and Factories;
- Jewish Children–Guests in England;
- Mobilizing for Campaign Against Intolerance [“the dangers of race hatred”];
- Leading the March Toward a Better America [“urging enactment of the Stratton bill for admission of 400,000 Displaced Persons into the United States and…the elimination of of bigotry and religious and racial discrimination”]
- Tailors’ Cooperative inn Poland;
- Jewish Books Again on the Shelves of Jewish Communities of Europe;
- JLC Activities in Palestine
- A DP Family Smiling in the United States
- Impatiently Opening Gift Packages from JLC [“Thousands of surviving Jewish boys and girls in Europe are regularly receiving our gift parcels…”];
- Rehabilitation Through Production [“Shoemakers’ cooperative in Lodz, Poland…”]
- Youngsters Enjoying a Meal inn Children’s Home in Brussels, Belgium;
- Canadian Union-Employer Delegation [“Returning from the displaced persons camps in Germany and Austria, they rendered reports…”]
Founded in 1934, the Jewish Labor Committee (JLC) originated in an effort to link the forces of Jewish unions and other labor and Jewish fraternal organizations in the fight against the Nazis and fascism.
Efforts to aid Jews and other victims of Nazi domination, as well as to publicize their plight, were the chief activities of the JLC in its early years. To this end, the JLC joined with the American Jewish Congress to organize a boycott of Nazi goods. During the 1930s the JLC made every effort to aid victims of Nazism in Europe, through collections of money, food and clothing drives, and other forms of assistance to refugees and exiles.
Following the Allied victory, the JLC contributed to the rehabilitation of war-torn Europe by creating schools, clinics and homes for destitute children, and by providing services for Holocaust survivors in displaced persons camps.
The JLC s aim to "impress upon the Jewish masses that they must fight hand in hand with the general forces of democracy" remained the guiding principle of the JLC after the War. During the decades following the War, the JLC worked toward ensuring democratic rights for workers and minorities in the United States (Tamiment Institute).
SUBJECT(S): Jews -- Employment -- United States. Jewish children -- Europe. Labor unions -- History Juifs -- Travail -- E´tats-Unis. Enfants juifs -- Europe. OCLC: 1434786852. OCLC-Worldcat list only one holding anywhere worldwide (Harvard).
Creases as expected, otherwise Very Good Condition with sharp colors, images, and text. Rare, displayable, and dramatic. (Holo2-162-24-XX-’+).
Price: $775.00