Posters from the Vilna Ghetto

The fragmentary documents that survived the Vilna Ghetto bear witness to the extraordinary efforts that Jews made to maintain a human life in almost unimaginably adverse circumstances. These posters are from the collection of the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum in Lithuania.

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  Concert organized by the Jewish Police   A lecture on the "Ghetto in the Middle Ages"   Sports competition  

Lottery to benefit the Winter Help campaign

  Hannukah festival organized by Brith Ivrit Union   Celebration in honor of the ghetto library   New Year program at the Vilna Ghetto Theater   Popular lectures on health organized by Folksgezunt