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LOT 93:
A Poster Calling for Prayer for Our Brethren the Jewish People in Poland After the Nazi Conquest
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Sold for: $160
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Estimated price:
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20%
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"And a great danger...of decimation and destruction is looming...over a large group of thousands of thousands and hundreds of hundreds of thousands, some three and a half million of our Jewish brethren" - a poster calling for prayer for the safety of Polish Jewry and for the welfare of the British kingdom as they came to fight against Hitler's fores after Poland was conquered by the Nazis. Printed by "Itach" Jerusalem. 1939. Rare.
The poster begins with a description of the terrifying events in Nazi-controlled Europe: "The enemy who hates Israel, who has directed all of the black and evil forces among the nations of the world with his boots to hatred, persecution and expulsion of the eternal nation...Hitler, the Teutonic dictator may his name be blotted out, who declares that the chosen nation "a kingdom of priests and a holy nation" is a low and disgraced race, and this serpent who wants to eliminate God's nation from beneath the Heavens has declared war and has pounced on the country of Poland in murderous and vengeful wrath, and a great and terrible danger of decimation and destruction is looming God forbid over a large group of thousands of thousands and hundreds of hundreds of thousands, some three and a half million of our Jewish brethren who dwell in the country, may God have mercy."
The writers add that people must pray for the welfare of the Jews in Poland, as well as or the British kingdom who were standing up against the Nazi enemy at that time:
"Now as the great British empire has declared war on the government of malice, in addition to our holy obligation to pray for the welfare of the monarchy in whose shadow we rest, we must also pray for the safety of our Jewish brethren who are residents of the embattled countries..."
In the margins of the poster a sentence intended to transmit a message of affection to the British authorities in Israel" "We hereby remind our brethren who are merchants of the strict prohibition against profiteering, as apart from the law of the land, this is a severe prohibition according to the Holy Torah, and may there be peace upon Israel."
The poster is signed with the printed signatures of the Rabbis of Jerusalem, Rabbi Zvi Pesach Frank, Rabbi Yosef Gershon Horowitz and Rabbi Eliyahu Bahrash.
Size: 47x32 cm.
Fine condition.
