Children’s Calendar for the year of 1934 Published by: Society to Protect the Health of the Jew – OSE. Jewish Population Health Care Society in Lithuania. Rare photographs by the Jewish Humanitarian Health Organization of OSE . Lithuania 1934.
Among the leaves of the Calendar, photographs of the organization’s children in different cities in Lithuania: in the camp, in social activities, a rare photograph from Kaiden, the organization’s building in Kaunas (Kovno). Many advertisements for Jewish businesses in Lithuania on green and red pages at the end of the Calendar.
OSE (French: Œuvre de secours aux enfants or initials: or OZE, in Yiddish: AZA) – a Jewish humanitarian organization that has assisted hundreds of Jewish children, refugees from France and other European countries. The organization was established in 1912 by doctors as a Jewish health organization in St. Petersburg, Russia, to help needy members of the Jewish population. It is called Obshchetsvo Zdravookhraneniya Yevreyiev, “Organization for the Protection of the Health of Jews,” and in short, OZE. Branches were established in other countries. In 1923, the organization’s center moved to Berlin, under the symbolic presidency of Albert Einstein. During World War II, it was estimated that more than 5,000 children were rescued from the Nazi death threat. The organization operated mainly during the period following the German occupation of France and the establishment of Vichy France.
Rare. Do not appear in the National Library.
148 p. Few stains. Good condition.
