Poster announcing a postwar event in memory of thuose who perished in Vilnius

Object | Accession Number: 2014.510.1

Overview

Brief Narrative: Broadside for a 1947 memorial event for the victims of the Holocausr in Vilnius, Lithuania, to be held by the Union of Immigrants from Vilnius and the vicinity for Assistance and Rescue, in Tel Aviv, Palestine. It wa to be held on September 8, 1947, in Ohel assembly hall, with speakers including Rabbi Unterman, Joseph Klausner, and Aba Kovner. It was published by A. Strod and designed by M. Behlfer and Moshe Vorobeichic.
Title: Memorial for Vilnius Victims
Date: publication/distribution: 1947 September 08
Geography: publication: Tel Aviv (Israel)
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection. The acquisition of this collection was made possible by the Crown Family.

Language: Hebrew
Classification: Posters
Category: Commemorative posters
Object Type: Posters--Palestine (lcsh)
Physical Description: Poster depicting a scene of a group of people running away from the city.
Dimensions: overall: Height: 37.375 inches (94.933 cm) | Width: 24.750 inches (62.865 cm)
Materials: overall : paper, ink

Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2014.
Funding Note: The acquisition of this artifact was made possible by the Crown Family.