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In Remembrance of the Warsaw Ghetto: Program and Materials

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Title:
In Remembrance of the Warsaw Ghetto: Program and Materials
Title (Yiddish):
אין אָנדענק פון דער וואַרשעווער געטאָ
Romanized Title (Yiddish):
In ondenk fun der varshever geto: Program un materialn
Collection:
International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
Set:
Culture Front
Education
Poland
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief
Warsaw Ghetto
Women's Work
Visual
IWO and JPFO Affiliated Publications and Publishing
Creator:
Shul un Kultur (School and Culture) Committee
Date:
1947-04
Site:
New York, New York, United States
Address (Creator):
80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
Identifier:
5276b47f06_01
Organization:
National School and Culture Committee of the Jewish Peoples Fraternal Order of the I.W.O. (U.S.)
Transcription:
(Speakers guides) Commemoration Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Language:
Yiddish
Work Type:
booklets
Jewish holidays
commemorations (events)
educating
political ideologies and attitudes
songs (oral or performed works)
communism
historical figures
world wars
orphanages
programs (documents)
drawings (visual works)
graphic document genres
ghettos
resistance movements
antisemitism
heroes
martyrs
Subject:
Holidays
World War II- Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, Holocaust
Jewish Holidays
Education- Shule, Ordn Schools, Other
Youth
Political
Culture Front- Publishing, Music, Music Pedagogy, Folk Music
Jewish Left
Postwar Jewish Culture- U.S., Intelligentsia
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief Work- Poland
Partisans
Communism
Antisemitism
Jewish Lodges
Nazism and Fascism
Description:
In Yiddish (with Zog Nit Keyn Mol translated into English). 16 pages. Translated Summary: A speaker's guide with program materials. Contains songs and poems, an account of the Ghetto and of the 1942 uprising. Also includes a description (p.10-11) of the rebuilding of the Jewish community in Poland, including descriptions of economic activity, Jewish schools, theater, and periodical publications, housing and other relief efforts coordinated by the Central Committee of Jews in Poland (CKŻP, Centralny Komitet Żydów w Polsce). Includes Binem Heller’s poem "In the Warsaw Ghetto, it is now the month of Nissan." While the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was downplayed by the Polish and Russian Communist Parties after World War II, its remembrance and commemoration was central to the JPFO's work in the U.S. and in Poland. Cover illustration by William Gropper of Nazi troops shooting Jewish men, women and children fighting with only thrown objects. This copy is different from the related item in that it has the Zog Nit Keynmol songsheet, the booklet is [sparsely] marked up in red to indicate sections included, excluded or emphasized in its use, and the cover is dated April, 1947.
Note:
The Jewish People’s Fraternal Order was the largest ‘national’ section of the International Workers Order (IWO) which focused on cultural awareness and celebration, mutual support especially in health insurance coverage, and anti-fascist activities. The IWO also gave particular emphasis to supporting the rights and interests of African Americans. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented.
Relationships:
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Cite As:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records #5276. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University
Archival Collection:
International Workers Order (IWO) Records, 1915-2002 (KCL05276)
Box:
47
Folder:
6
Rights:
The copyright status and copyright owners of most of the images in the International Workers Order (IWO) Records Collection (Kheel Center #5276) are unknown. This material was digitized from physical holdings by Cornell University Library in 2016, with funding from an Arts and Sciences Grant to Jonathan Boyarin. Documents include language and representations which comprise the historical record and should not be interpreted to mean that Cornell University or its staff endorse or approve of negative representations or stereotypes presented. Cornell is providing access to the materials as a digital aggregate under an assertion of fair use for non-commercial educational use. The written permission of any copyright and other rights holders is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use that extends beyond what is authorized by fair use and other statutory exemptions. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Cornell would like to learn more about items in the collection and to hear from individuals or institutions that have any additional information as to rights holders. Please contact the Kheel Center at kheel_center@cornell.edu

About the collection

This bilingual project conserves, digitizes, and curates a portion of Cornell's International Workers Order (IWO) archives and most especially those of its Jewish division, known as the Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO). The IWO was founded in 1930 as an immigrant fraternal order that provided high-quality, low-cost health and burial insurance and other benefits for members. The origins of the IWO / JPFO arise from a decade of splits (1920-1930) concerning the U.S.S.R., the Bolshevik Revolution and Communism that consumed the Jewish Federation of Socialists and the Arbeter Ring (Workmens' Circle) groups associated with Eugene V. Debs' Socialist Party. While the vast majority of the IWO's members--200,000 at its peak right after World War II--did not belong to the Communist Party of the United States of America, the IWO's politics and leadership were largely aligned with those of the Party. The IWO was legally disbanded in 1953 due to the Cold War "Red Scare." This closure followed on a famous and unprecedented court case: its insurance funds and records were seized by New York State's Insurance Department. The presence of a goodly portion of the IWO's archives in the Kheel Center's 5276 Catherwood Library collection at Cornell's Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School is a direct result of that seizure.