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Lot 477

Proclamation – To the Jewish soldiers – Russia, 1917

Tzu di Yudishe Soldaten [To the Jewish Soldiers] – proclamation. Petrograd (St. Petersburg), 20 November 1917. Printed on both sides, Yiddish and Russian.
Approach to Jewish soldiers participating in the war, following the Balfour Declaration (2.11.1917). “For three and a half years we have been shedding our blood on the fields of foreign nations… now the English action… has returned to us the keys to our old home, now the Jewish dream will be realized, we will receive Eretz Israel…”
26x35.5 cm.
Good condition. Creased. Tears along the margins, some have been repaired.