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Transcription Englands Arbeitslose wollen wissen: "Warum helft ihr Fremden, dieweil Briten Kohldampf schieben?" Die Arbeitslosen Englands sind - wie dieses Bild und viele Veröffentlichungen in den wenigen nichtjüdischen Zeitungen Englands beweisen - der Meinung, daß die hilfsbereitschaft des englischen Volkes zuerst einmal für sie selbst und "gegen den hunger ihrer unterernähten kinder" mobilisiert werden müßte, bevor Sammlungen für aus Deutschland getürmte jüdische Verbrecher und Spanisches Bolschewikengesindel veranstaltet werden. Maßgebende Demokraten Englands sind also offensichtlich anderer Meinung. - Die Arbeitslosen Englands glauben auch, daß die "Nächsten", denen zu helfen das fünfte Gebot Gottes vorschreibt, für einen Briten zunächst die hilfsbedürftigen seines eigenen Volkes sein müßten. Hier ist zweifellos - neben anderen englischen kirchenfürsten - der Erzbischof von Canterbury anderer Meinung, denn seine christliche Nächstenliebe hat sich, wie ihm von seinen Landsleuten öffentlich vorgeworfen wird, auch erst zugunsten jüdischer emigranten zu flammenden Ausrufen in presse und film verdichtet. Für die Not der Angehörigen seines Volkes hat er sich bis heute noch nicht in gleiche unkosten gestürzt. Diese Tatsachen zu erfahren, hat das von den Juden, demokraten und sonstigen humanitätsaposteln der weit seit monaten beschimpfte deutsche volk ein gutes recht. Den kommentar dazu macht es sich dann schon selbst.

Foreign Office Translation from FO 371/23052 23rd February 1943 England's Unemployed want to know: "Why do you help aliens while Britons starve?" The English unemployed, as this picture and many announcements in the few non-Jewish English papers show, are of the opinion that the British people's own readiness to help should for once be mobilised for their own fellow citizens and "against the starvation of their under-nourished children" before collections are organised for the Jewish criminals chucked out of Germany and for the Spanish-Bolshevik rabble. Influential democrats in England hold, however, evidently another opinion. The unemployed of England also think that the "neighbours" which the Fifth Commandment of God tells us to help, must for a Briton be primarily the needy of his own nation. The Archbishop of Canterbury, among other Princes of the Church, is, however, evidently of a different mind, for his Christian love of his neighbours has concentrated itself in burning appeals in the press and on the screen for the benefit of Jewish emigrants, as witnessed by the open reproaches levelled at him by his fellow citizens. He has not hitherto put himself out to the same extent for the afflictions of his own compatriots. The German people who have been constantly traduced by the Jews, Democrats and such-like apostles of humanity of the world for months past, have every right to know these facts. Comment, then, becomes unecessary.

Hi, there are two misspellings in the transcription deriving from the poster's use of Fraktur: 1) In the sentence "Die Arbeitslosen Englands" the following word begins with a long or descending s, not a f. So it correctly reads "sind". 2) The capital S looks similar to the capital G, so it has to be "Sammlungen" instead of "Gammlungen".

Thanks for those. Evidently I rushed things a bit!

No problem as there are enough people around Flickr who love to disseminate their "wisdom" ;-)

Stu, you have Badges for all Occasions! That is such a beautiful Cumann na mBan brooch - where'd you get it? Story behind it?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Hi. This nice lady kindly posed for the photo and was dressed in an original Cumann na mBan uniform complete with insignia, holster and revolver (only the revolver was a replica, everything else was original). She also allowed me to take close-up pics of the badges. I can confirm that the above badge is a genuine original going by the style and details. Regret to say this badge is not my own, an original would cost anything upwards of €150 - if you can find one for sale! Buyers beware, there are moderns copies of this badge about of varying quality.

A relative of my mother was in the Cumann na mBan, I must show her this photo!

Wonderful post and comments!!

The descriptions are a bit mixed up - this is the photo with the American flag and the policeman.

Outside the British Embassy in Washington according to this photo showing similar placards.

Well-dressed ladies, like the Suffragettes.

Here's a photo of the British Embassy at the time, at 1300 Connecticut Ave.

Streetview - looks a bit different now.

And how thin everyone is

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The “Flying Snail" Logo 1944–1964

...most of the men are wearing shirts and ties, does this indicate that it might be a group of more "white collar" workers ? it's before the time of three word protest slogans

National Library of Ireland on The Commons No, the women are across the street wheeling the prams!

Portadown News - Saturday 29 November 1913 quoted the slogan in the picture in connection with Jim Larkin on his release from prison in 1913. It was already a "well-worn" phrase then.

Mr Larkin, when he left Dublin after being released from prison, said he was going to raise the fiery cross and rally workers in other parts of the kingdom to the support of the Dublin strikers. The manifesto which he has addressed to the British workers is his fiery cross. It remains to be seen what response will be made to it. Mr. Larkin seems to be rather doubtful about the leaders at any rate, and makes his appeal to the rank and file. He says the leaders have come short of the gospel of human brotherhood, which is the spirit of trade unionism, and is embodied in "a well-worn phrase, 'An injury to the one is the concern of all.'" He claims on behalf of the workers generally "that you meant and still mean to put your whole body and soul into this fight in Dublin, and if your leaders have not, up to now, realised the vital issue at stake, you, O men of toil, do understand, and understanding are prepared to act."