Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Handbill issued by an unidentified synagogue in Jerusalem announcing a called strike and day of mourning in response to the sinking of the refugee ship, Strumah, in the Black Sea in 1942. The Strumah (Struma) was an illegal immigrant ship that left Constanta, Romania, on December 12, 1941 with 767 Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi-dominated Europe. The ship was headed for Istanbul where the passengers hoped to get visas to enter Palestine. The old cargo barge was unsafe and overcrowded. The engine died when it reached Istanbul and it had to be towed into port. Palestine was ruled by the British who imposed strict immigration limits and refused to provide visas. Turkish authorities also denied entry to the passengers. After being held in quarantine for 70 days, the Strumah was towed out to sea by Turkish police on February 23, 1942. The next day, the ship sank, torpedoed by a Soviet submarine, presumably in error. The sole survivor was 20 year old David Stoliar. He was found in the wreckage by Turkish sailors, jailed in Turkey, but released when the British supplied a visa for Palestine which he reached in April 1942.
- Title
- Proclamation of a day of mourning and protest for the Struma disaster
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1942-1942
- Geography
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publication:
Palestine
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection
- Markings
- front, black ink : Hebrew text [The congregation committee announces... that with reference to the rumors that the boat "Struma" and the refugees on board...a day of strike is announced...the Jewish Yishuv will express its deep sorrow...and demand that all nations stand against Hitler and his partners...]
Physical Details
- Language
- Hebrew
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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Political posters
- Object Type
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Handbills (tgm)
- Physical Description
- Small handbill on rectangular, discolored, light brown paper with Hebrew text in black ink. The body has 5 blocks of text. There is a handwritten inscription in the center. The bottom right corner is missing.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 7.500 inches (19.05 cm) | Width: 4.875 inches (12.383 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
- Inscription
- front, center, handwritten, black ink : Hebrew text
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The handbill was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012.
- Funding Note
- The acquisition of this collection was made possible by The Abraham and Ruth Goldfarb Family Acquisition Fund.
The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-25 15:05:42
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