Description: text of label: mass demonstration in new york city commemorating the first anniversary of the uprising of the warsaw ghetto, held on april 19, 1944. Over 30,000 jews gathered before the steps of [new york] city hall and listened to speeches by mayor la guardia and prominent jewish leaders. " first row, l-r: m. J. Nurenberger, editor of the canadian jewish news; dr. Joseph thon; new york city mayor fiorello la guardia; isaac rubinstein, former chief rabbi of wilno (vilna), poland and former member of the polish senate. Second row, beginning at second from left, l-r: yiddish writer sholem asch; polish poet julian tuwim; dr. Simon segal; writer s. L schneiderman; (behind him) artist arthur szyk; writer dr. Chaim shoshkes, cantor moishe oysher. Photographer: unknown
date: 1944
medium: black and white photograph
repository: yivo institute for jewish research
parent collection: rg 1206
persistent url: access. Cjh. Org/566803
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