Auction 91 Part 1 Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Yiddish Manifest: Recruitment of British Jews into the Military – London, WWI – "Jewish War Services Committee", Headed by Edmund Sebag-Montefiore and Lionel de Rothschild
Handbill urging British Jews to join the military. London: The Publicity Department, Central London Recruiting Depot, [ca. 1915]. Yiddish.
The handbill urges Jewish parents to encourage their children to join the British Army, reminding them that Britain did everything at its disposal to assist its Jews, and calling them to respond in kind. The prospected recruits are instructed to present themselves to the London recruiting depot, headed by Major Lionel de Rothschild.
The handbill is signed in print by chairman of the "Jewish War Services Committee", Edmund Sebag-Montefiore, and secretary of the committee, Samuel Stephany.
For additional information on the Jewish War Services Committee, see: Justin Cavernelis-Frost, 'There are three types of men': Lionel de Rothschild and the Jewish War Services Committee, 1915-1919 (Archive Review of the Year 2013-2014).
19X25.5 cm. Good condition. Minor marginal stains.