​This poster from March 21, 1943 is an announcement from the Municipality of Tel Aviv cancelling all Purim festivities after information about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising had reached Israel. The poster provides information about the Uprising and the number of Jews who were killed. According to the date of publication, it would seem that the news was received in Israel two months after the beginning of the Uprising, and the poster refers to only the early stage. However, it proves that the Jewish community in Israel was receiving information, albeit delayed, about the tragic events unfolding in Europe.

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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - The Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto began after news of planned deportations to death camps reached the residents of the Ghetto. It took place in two main phases: the first on January 18, 1943 and the second and more significant phase from the eve of Passover, April 19 to May 16, 1943. This largest Jewish revolt of World War II resulted in the murder of 13,000 Jews.