Historical information

Brass framed poster titled ‘Centenary of the Zionist Movement’ Basel 1897-Jerusalem 1997 World Zionist Organization Department of Organization and Community Relations. Poster is a composite of earlier posters, Zionist symbols and photographs that mark significant landscapes in Zionist history, such as the background image of people at a meeting being ‘The Congress that Founded the Jewish State’, and the photograph of an official postcard from the 20th Zionist Congress, Zurich 1937, which shows the concert hall where the first congress took place in Basel in 1897.

Physical description

Brass framed poster titled ‘Centenary of the Zionist Movement’ Basel 1897-Jerusalem 1997 World Zionist Organization Department of Organization and Community Relations. Poster is a composite of earlier posters, Zionist symbols and photographs that mark significant landscapes in Zionist history, such as the background image of people at a meeting being ‘The Congress that Founded the Jewish State’, and the photograph of an official postcard from the 20th Zionist Congress, Zurich 1937, which shows the concert hall where the first congress took place in Basel in 1897.