us-005578-irn716041-irn7057
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date: 1944 September-1945
biographical history: The Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe was founded in 1943, by Peter Bergson and other young Jewish activists. The Committee formed in reaction to the first verified information of the Holocaust that reached the United States. On July 20, 1943, the group held the Emergency Conference in New York City, bringing together 1,500 delegates. The Committee was replaced by the American League for a Free Palestine in 1945. Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was born to Jewish parents, Solomon and Eugenia Szyk in Łódź, Poland, which at the time was part of the Russian Empire. He had his first public art exhibition at age 15, and then went to Paris, France, for formal art training at the Academie Julian. He visited Palestine in 1914 with a group of Polish-Jewish artists and studied Muslim art. Upon his return, he was conscripted into the Russian Army and served in World War I. He married Julia Liekerman in 1916, and they had a son, George, in 1917. In 1918, Poland regained independence, but continued to fight a series of regional wars to secure its boundaries. Between 1919 and 1920, during Poland's war against the Soviet Bolsheviks, Syzk served as a cavalry officer and artistic director of the Department of Propaganda for the Polish Army in Łódź. In 1921, he and his family moved to Paris where his daughter, Alexandra was born the following year. Szyk was well known for his illuminations and book illustrations, in a style reminiscent of Persian miniatures. He worked on several significant projects in France, including illustrating the Statute of Kalisz, the Haggadah, and a series of watercolors on the American Revolutionary War. The themes of his most admired works, democracy and Judaism, were already well established, earning him both fame and significant commissions. In 1934, Szyk traveled to the United States for exhibitions of his work and to receive the George Washington Bicentennial Medal, awarded by the US Congress. He resided in England from 1937-1940 to super…
has or had holder: us-005578
results or resulted from: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn716041-irn7057/acquisitions/1
title: Half a set of US poster stamps depicting the Four Freedoms
archival history: The stamps were acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992.
has end date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1942-12-31
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.250 inches (5.715 cm) | Width: 3.000 inches (7.62 cm)
scope and content: Poster stamps distributed in 1944 and 1945 by the Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe. The designs were copied from works created in 1942 by Jewish artist, Arthur Szyk, who was inspired by President Roosevelt’s January 1941 State of the Union address (also known as the Four Freedoms Speech). The stamps were used to create public interest in the Committee’s humanitarian efforts. Szyk was himself an immigrant born in Łódź, Poland, and lost his mother in the Holocaust. The mission of the Committee was a personal cause for Szyk, and he was one of the founding members. Although they were not valid for postage, poster stamps could be affixed to letters and envelopes as fundraising, propaganda, and educational tools. The Emergency Committee to Save the Jewish People of Europe was founded in 1943 by Peter H. Bergson (pseudonym for Hillel Kook) and other Jewish activists. The Committee formed in reaction to the first verified information of the Holocaust that reached the United States. On July 20, 1943, the group held the Emergency Conference in New York City, bringing together 1,500 delegates. The Committee was replaced by the American League for a Free Palestine in 1945.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
has or had some members with language: eng
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Block of two rectangular poster stamps, separated by perforated edges, on off-white paper with polychrome printed images and an adhesive backing. The left and bottom edges are unperforated. Both stamps bear different images featuring banners with text and the same man in medieval clothing, who has a short, bobbed haircut. In the left image, the man wears a red robe and sits at a table with a feast. The table has a green tablecloth decorated with a red- white-and-blue shield. On the floor next to the table is a brown, ceramic jug and a short table topped with food. In the right image, the man is dressed in armor and sits upon a white warhorse outfitted with an elaborate, tasseled caparison. The man is wearing a flowing, green cape and carrying a large red-white-and-blue shield. In the lower right corner of each image is the artist’s signature and date. The distributing organization and their address is printed in black across the bottom. The colors in each image are misaligned, making the image appear blurry.
conditions of use: No restrictions on use
has beginning date: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/dates/1942-01-01
has or had identifier: http://lod.ehri-project-test.eu/units/us-005578-irn716041-irn7057/alternateIDs/1
identifier: irn7057