“They Fought for Our Honor and Freedom.” Text in Hebrew and Yiddish.
AUCTION 65 |
Thursday, June 25th,
2015 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Objects and Graphic Art
Lot 195
(HOLOCAUST).
“They Fought for Our Honor and Freedom.” Text in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Warsaw, M. Wieckowski, 1948:
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Poster designed by Henryk Hechtkopf (1910-2004), a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This image was also issued by the Polish Government as a postage stamp. See Judah L. Magnes Museum Catalogue, Witnesses to History: The Jewish Poster (1989) n. 43.