SHTITST DI NATSI KHURBNOS- HILFT DI KEMFNDE! A TOG LEBN FAR DI VOS GEFINEN ZIKH IN TOYT SAKHANAH שטיצט די נאצי קרבנות- העלפט די קעמפנדע! א טאג לעבן פאר די וואָס געפינען זיך אין טויט סכנה
New York: Jewish Labor Committee, No Date, 1943-1944? Item #42904
1st edition. Single fold 3-color pamphlet, 12mo, [4] pages. Dramatic cover illustration of an overwrought survivor amidst the ruins of a smoldering city signed in the print by prolific illustrator of Yiddish publications Note Kozlovski (signed in the print).In Yiddish. Title translates as, “Support the Nazi victims - help the fighters! A day of life for those who are in danger of death.”
The rear cover proclaims, “These are the tasks of this historic hour:
1. To give our all for the Jewish Labor Committee
2. To raise support at every opportunity and occasion–at any gathering of friends, in organizations, in the shop, in the market, in the union and in the home.”
The inside of the pamphlet briefly describes “What does the Jewish working committee do?
On the other side of the sea:
1. Supports public kitchens, teahouses, work areas.
2. Supports childcare and schools.
3. Supports political emigration.
4. Helps and supports the anti-Nazi activity Underground labor movement in Europe.
In America:
1. Helps the fight against anti-Semitism, racism and Nazism.
2. Is the representative and instrument of half a million organized Jewish workers in America.
The pamphlet further quotes Yiddish poet A. Liesini:
“From Worms, from Mainz and from Speyer
Through Prague and Lublin to Odessa,
Everything became fire
Everything became a miracle
I live and I live and I will still live
Through thousands of years of
struggle, I will still live and fight and strive
And– temp[?] is the bite of time.
No copies on OCLC, nor could we locate any copies via a google search. Perhaps no others elsewhere anywhere.
Very good condition, exceedingly rare, dramatic, displayable, and important imprint connected to raising support for the Jews of Europe in their hour of need. (Holo2-162-26-XX+).
Price: $325.00