My People in Armored Tanks
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- Title (English):
- My People in Armored Tanks
- Title (Yiddish Romanized):
- Mayn folk in gepantserte tanken
- Title (Yiddish):
- מיין פאלק אין געפּאנצערטע טאנקען
- Collection:
- International Workers’ Order (IWO) and Jewish People's Fraternal Order (JPFO)
- Set:
- Culture Front
Postwar Reconstruction and Relief
World War II Jewish Tanks and Poems - Creator:
- Kurtz, Aaron, 1891-1964
- Creator:
- קורץ, אהרן
- Organization:
- Jewish-American Section, I.W.O.
- Date:
- 1942-11
- Coordinates:
- 40.73591,-73.99406
- Latitude:
- 40.73591
- Longitude:
- -73.99406
- Location:
- New York, New York, United States
- ID Number:
- 5276b36f03_22
- File Name:
- 5276b36f03_22.pdf
- Address (creator):
- 80 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York
- Transcription:
- My People on Panzer Tanks
- Work Type:
- manuscripts (document genre)
poems
fund raising
tanks (military vehicles)
world wars
political ideologies and attitudes
historical figures
rallies
political campaigns - Subject:
- Original Literary Work
World War II- War Effort
Fundraising
Red Army
World War II Homefront
Culture Front- Publishing, IWO- Journals and Publications
Jewish Left
Wartime Jewish Unity
Nazism and Fascism
Soviet Union
Intelligentsia - Description:
- Poem in twelve stanzas, in response to the Ordn's call for tank poems, in support of their Russia Relief fundraising. Original title "Tanken-Konsert" "Concert of Tanks" is crossed out, replaced with Yiddish, "Mayn Folk af Gepantserte Tanken", and English "My People on Panzer Tanks". The poem begins: "Bar Kokhba went out against the Romans, With spear and shield and Rabbi Akiba's blessing..." The poem is about the Jewish heroes in whose names the donated Soviet tanks were to be named, according to the Ordn's fundraising campaign. Marginal note in Yiddish: Published in Fraternaler Veg, November 1942. Marginal note in English: 10 PB. 3 1/4 inch wide. The flier is part of the IWO/JPFO's war effort campaign to buy Jewishly named tanks for the Soviet Union.
- 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:
- 36
- Folder:
- 3
- 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