"To Me Belongeth Vengeance and Recompense!", poster for May 1st, on behalf of the Histadrut (General Organization of Jewish Workers in Palestine). No printer mentioned, [Palestine], 1945. Design: atelier [Ernst] Machner / [Otte] Wallisch. Signed on upper right corner "mw" and on lower right corner "Atelier Machner Wallisch". Hebrew.
Color lithograph. 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 in Hebrew 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 enlisting to the Jewish Brigade.
Approx. 48.5X33 cm. Good condition. Horizontal folding line. Minor defects. Linen-backed for display and preservation (cloth is slightly detached in the upper left corner). Traces of glue on top and bottom part of the cloth.