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Soviet propaganda poster in Yiddish: "The old school produced slaves; the Soviet school prepares healthy, skilled workers who are builders of the socialist order..."

Artist Anonymous (Russian) (Russian)
Date1920s
Mediumposter
DimensionsOverall: 39 11/16 x 28 3/4 in. (100.8 x 73 cm)
Classification(s)
  • PRINTS
Credit LineGift of Telford Taylor, Class of 1928
Terms
  • antisemitism
  • Hebrew
  • Soviet Union
Object number64.29.13
DescriptionPoster shows that the kheder (the one-room Jewish primary school) produces a slavish attitude and leads to undesirable consequences such as religious observance and practice, enmity among peoples and petty commerce. In contrast, the Soviet school prepares healthy people, capable of buidling a socialist society in which agricultural labor, factory work and amity among peoples are primary objectives.
Edition4,000 print run
On View
Not on view
Teaching events
Olga Shevchenko, Steve Nafziger, SOC 217, f21