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Description: | 17
SEP 1916 [initially 1915]
whole: the image occupies the main, with the title arranged separately across the top in black. A subtitle is located
along the bottom, also in black. All are set against a plain white background and held within a narrow black border.
image: Polish refugees gathered in a devastated landscape watch a vision of the 'Black Madonna' icon floating above a silhouette image of
Jasna Gora monastery.
text: POLISH VICTIMS' RELIEF FUND
MOST HOLY VIRGIN OF CZENSTOCHOWA HELP US
PRINTED BY JOHNSON, RIDDLE AND CO., LONDON, S.E.
The Holy Virgin of Czenstochowa, also known as the ‘Black Madonna’, is an icon. It is held in the monastery of Jasna
Góra, Poland’s most famous shrine, in the town of Czenstochowa. The Black Madonna is reputed to have miraculously saved the town from the
invading Swedes in 1705, and is believed by many Catholics to have been painted by St Luke.
During the early 1980s the Black Madonna became a symbol of anti-Communist agitation and was subsequently adopted by the Solidarity
movement. The icon continues to draw over 400,000 pilgrims a year to Jasna Góra from Poland and across Eastern Europe. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | civilian suffering women / womens work war debris christ Polish Victims' Relief Fund children Charities Advertising supernatural events Virgin Mary Refugees Jesus Christ WW1 British Home Front | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Johnson, Riddle and Co Ltd, Penge, London SE20 | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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