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Donia Nachshen - Post Office Telegraphists at War Work – Telegraph Less 2

Post Office Telegraphists at War Work – Telegraph Less 2

Donia Nachshen (English, 1903 – 1987)
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Donia Esther Nachshen was a Ukrainian-born British book illustrator and poster artist who is now best known for the posters she produced for the British government during World War Two.

Nachshen was born in the city of Zhitomir, which was then part of Russia and is now in Ukraine. Nachshen was born into a Jewish family and after an anti-Jewish pogrom in the city in 1905, the family fled Zhitomir and eventually settled in London. Nachshen did well at school in London and enrolled in the Slade School of Art. By the 1920s she had established herself as a successful book designer. She illustrated translations of works by Arthur Schnitzler and the Nobel Prize winner Anatole France in a style based on Russian folk art and art deco elements. Nachshen illustrated a version of the Jewish text the Haggadah in 1934 and also illustrated editions of works by Oscar Wilde and Samuel Butler. She also produced illustrations for the Radio Times.

During World War Two, Nachshen produced poster designs for a number of high-profile campaigns, notably the Make Do and Mend campaign run by the Board of Trade and also Telegraph Less for the General Post Office. She continued with her book illustration work during the War, producing designs for versions of "Diary of a Madman" by Nikolai Gogol and a 1945 collection of short stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky as well as books by Enid Blyton. After the War, Nachshen lived in London and continued to illustrate Russian novels and poetry, mainly for the publishers Constable & Co and also for the Lindsay Drummond company. For the Russian novels, Nachshen used scraperboard to create dramatic illustrations that resembled a style of eastern European woodcuts, while for the children's book that she illustrated she used much lighter pen drawings.

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The Voices of freedom live. Newspapers of the allies published in Britain

The Voices of freedom live. Newspapers of the allies published in Britain

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On the Road to Recovery – Thanks to You Blood Donor

On the Road to Recovery – Thanks to You Blood Donor

Anonymous
Liberated but not free from want

Liberated but not free from want (1945)

Anonymous
La France a perdu une bataille! Mais la France n’a pas perdu la guerre! Aux Armes Citoyens! Formez vos Bataillons…

La France a perdu une bataille! Mais la France n’a pas perdu la guerre! Aux Armes Citoyens! Formez vos Bataillons…

Anonymous
Let’s Go! Step it Up Boys!

Let’s Go! Step it Up Boys!

Anonymous
Join the Women’s Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps

Join the Women’s Land Army of the U.S. Crop Corps (1943)

War Food Administration
Victory is in Your Hands!

Victory is in Your Hands!

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Make Nursing Your War Job

Make Nursing Your War Job

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Waiting – Buy Victory Bonds

Waiting – Buy Victory Bonds

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Soldiers without guns

Soldiers without guns (1944)

Adolph Treidler (American, 1886–1981)
Pitch in and help!

Pitch in and help! (1944)

Hubert Morley (American, 20th Century)
Our Answer All-Out Production

Our Answer All-Out Production

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Cut it Out and Lend What You Save Through War Savings

Cut it Out and Lend What You Save Through War Savings

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Airborne Forces

Airborne Forces

Abram Games (English, 1914-1996)
Think Before You Speak – Careless Talk Costs Lives!

Think Before You Speak – Careless Talk Costs Lives!

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