(Playbill). “The Romance of A People.” A Musical and Dramatic Spectacle Portraying the Highlights in Four Thousand Years of Jewish History. Convention Hall, Philadelphia.

(HOLOCAUST).

Philadelphia

c. 1933

Replete with graphic advertisements.

Originally performed at the Chicago World’s Fair on “Jewish Day,” July 3, 1933, “The Romance of A People” featured 6,000 actors, singers and dancers and celebrated 4,000 years of Jewish history. The playbill includes notes on Jewish history, an article entitled: Palestine: Land of Promise and Fulfillment and a congratulatory message from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Against a backdrop of Nazi violence abroad and anti-Semitic sentiment at home, the pageant sought to raise funds for the settlement of German-Jewish refugees in Palestine.