Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff Declares Tank Campaign Has Full Approval of Soviet Government, September 1942 (newspaper insert)
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- Title (English):
- Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff Declares Tank Campaign Has Full Approval of Soviet Government, September 1942 (newspaper insert)
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Ambasador Litvinov zogt: Tankn-kampaniye hot di guyheysung fun der Soviet-regirung
- Title (Yiddish):
- אַמבּאַסאַדאָר ליטווינאָוו זאָגט: טאַנקן–קאַמפּאניע האָט די גוטהייסונג פון דער סאָוועטן–רעגירונג
- Collection:
- International Workers' Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee
Visual
World War II Jewish Tanks and Poems - Creator:
- I.W.O. Front Line Fighters Fund
- Organization:
- Jewish-American Section, I.W.O.
- Date:
- ca. 1942-09-15
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b29f05_03
- File Name:
- 5276b29f05_03.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Work Type:
- fliers (printed matter)
newspapers
printed ephemera
fund raising
tanks (military vehicles)
world wars
political ideologies and attitudes
historical figures
political campaigns
propaganda
news photographs
antisemitism - Subject:
- World War II- War Effort, Fundraising
Soviet Union
Political
Jewish Left- The Forward
World War II- War Effort, Fundraising, Red Army
World War II Holocaust
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee of the USSR (JAFC)
Wartime Jewish Unity
Bilingualism - Description:
- Bilingual 4 page flier/newspaper insert, used for fundraising. Includes a Sept 12, 1942 letter from Soviet Ambassador Maxim Litvinoff, assuring the Order and its contributors that their fundraising efforts specifically for tanks have the full approval of the Soviet government. The campaign was initially started in response to the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee's (JAFC), Moscow radio appeal of May 24, 1942 requesting tanks. The Order's campaign was then re-couched so as to allow medical supplies to be bought as long as tanks that are otherwise obtained get named with the Order's name and names of Jewish heros, e.g., Bar Kochba. Issued by the IWO Front Line Fighters Fund, with the Ordn's address.
- Notes:
- 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.
- 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:
- 29
- Folder:
- 5
- Format:
- Image
- 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