An Exhibition of Posters

from the YIVO Archives premiered at the Jewish-Historical Institute (ZIH) in Warsaw, Poland in January 1999 and is now traveling in Europe and the United States. The posters document the rich political and cultural life of Polish Jewry between the two world wars.

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  "For health and long life—mother's milk."
Public health message,
OZE, Berlin, 1926 		  Masquerade ball,
Czestochowa, 1927 		  "Air-Sun-Water."
Public health message,
OZE, Berlin, 1926		  

"Jewish Woman—Vote for the Women's Slate, Slate Number 3." Campaign appeal,
Vilna, 1927

   Gymnastic competition,
Czestochowa, 1917 		  "Scissor and Iron." Advertisement for a play by Sholem Aleichem, Vilna, n.d.   "Through thrift to prosperity and financial independence."
Ad for a Jewish bank, Warsaw, n.d.		   "Unite to help our nation."
Zionist appeal,
Poland, n.d.