Lot 383
Poster – Recruitment for the Jewish Brigade – Otte Wallisch, 1945
"To Me Belongeth Vengeance and Recompense!", atelier [Ernst] Machner / [Otte] Wallisch. Color lithographic printing. General Organisation of Workers in the Land of Israel (Histadrut), 1945. Signed on upper right corner "mw" and on lower right corner "Atelier Machner Wallisch".
Poster for May 1 1945. On the top part is the flag of the Jewish Brigade, beneath it - against a bright red background - is a drawing of Brigade soldiers attacking, and at the bottom is a citation from the Biblical verse "To me belongeth vengeance and recompense; their foot shall slide in due time; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste" (Deuteronomy 32, 35) - expressing the spirit of the times - vengeance against Nazi Germany by means of enlisting to the Jewish Brigade.
Approx. 33X48 cm. Good condition. Minor damage. Linen-backed for display and preservation.
From the collection of Dr Simon Cohen.
