"Notice to all members of allied troops in Tel Aviv today". Broadside on behalf of the Tel Aviv Municipality - notice regarding the closure of places of entertainment and recreation in the city, following the sinking of the Struma illegal immigrant ship. Haaretz press, Tel Aviv, 25 February 1942. English.
The Struma illegal immigrant ship sailed on 11 December from the port of Constanza, Romania, with 768 Jewish refugees on board, including women and children. The ship was torpedoed in the Black Sea on 24 February 1942 by a Soviet submarine. Only one passenger survived. The present broadside was printed on the day following the sinking.
63X47.5 cm. Fair condition. Extensive foxing. Folding marks and creases. Cut piece (missing) to top right corner of the poster (without damage to text). Tears to margins (including one long tear, reinforced with a piece of old adhesive tape on reverse). Brown paper glued on to lower margins (slightly concealing the printer's details).