"Jews of France – Unite" – Broadside Resisting the Nazi Occupation, 1943 – Issued by the Jewish Underground in ...

"Jews of France – Unite" – Broadside Resisting the Nazi Occupation, 1943 – Issued by the Jewish Underground in France – Yiddish
A proclamation announcing the establishment of a united front of Jewish resistance in occupied France – "Algemainer Komitet fur Yiddisher Fartaidikung" [The General Committee for Jewish Defense]. [France, ca. 1943]. Yiddish.
A broadside, typewritten and mimeographed, issued by the Jewish Underground in France. First, the broadside declares: "The last hour of the war draws closer. Together with all those who have been degraded, tormented, suffered and been murdered… we shall join the bloody struggle between the free world and the sinister bloodthirsty Nazi bandits". Later, the broadside addresses the great sacrifice the Jewish Nation made during the war (in the occupied countries and the armies of the Allies alike) and finally, announces the establishment of a new umbrella-organization for the Jewish resistance movements in France: "All Jewish political and aid organizations proclaim solemnly their unification. United in 'The General Committee for Jewish Defense' … for your defence, for your rightful battle, Jews of France – unite".
A rare example of an underground publication that was printed in France in the midst of World War II.
Naturally, the broadside was printed secretly and by meager means (with paper and Hebrew types being scarce) and was distributed under the Germans' nose in order to initiate a French-Jewish struggle leading up to the downfall of Germany.
The organization referred to by the broadside, "the General Committee for Jewish Defense" ("Algemainer Kamitet fur Yiddisher Fartaidikung"), is, presumably, the French organization Comité Général de Défense Juive, established in 1943 in Southern France by Yosef Fischer.
Approx. 27 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, creases and fold lines. Tears along edges and one tear along the length of the leaf, partly restored by a paper leaf mounted to verso (with blemishes and tears). A small hole in margin. An open tear in one of the corners (small).
For additional information about underground publications in France and a translation of the broadside into English, see enclosed material.