Content note: Photograph of eight emaciated, naked Biafran children from a 1968 fundraising advertisement; the text calls the war a genocide and compares it to the Holocaust (the sponsor's claims). This object is shown as it was published. Why
6 million: "Dear God, not again." American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive appeal
Black-and-white appeal headed '6 million' over a photograph of eight emaciated, naked Biafran children, with text headed 'Dear God, not again.' that compares the scene to Europe twenty-five years earlier, says Nigeria is committing 'genocide' against eight million Biafrans, and asks readers to write to Congress and send money to the sponsor, a New York committee. The tell: the pictured threat of children dying, plus the headline number, which the text ties to the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, so that stigma is transferred to the opponent's conduct (fear-appeal, transfer).
- Date
- 1968
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive, Inc., New York (named on the object; Commons credits it as author)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Advertisement
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Johnson Administration
- Leader
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- War and the military, Health
- Event
- Nigerian Civil War
- Techniques
- Fear appealTransfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain: PD-US-no notice per Commons page (US-published, no notice)
American Committee to Keep Biafra Alive, Inc., New York, c. 1968; via Wikimedia Commons (File:6_million_Biafra_poster.webp); converted to JPEG.
Text on the object
6 million Dear God, not again. Does this scene look familiar? It should. It was only twenty-five years ago that similar scenes scarred the face of Europe, while nations turned their heads and said they did not know. You don't have that excuse. Today Nigeria is engaged in the genocide of eight million Biafrans, calling it an "internal problem" and a "political solution." The Nigerian army which rapes, pillages and burns everything in its path is supported by Russian Mig's flown by Egyptian pilots who are training for the next war with Israel. The world stood silent while 6,000,000 Jews died. Are you going to stand by now? The scene above exists today. Help today before it is too late. Write your senators and congressmen and insist on an immediate cease-fire and send contributions now to the American Committee To Keep Biafra Alive,Inc. 1234 Broadway - Hotel Hudson New York, New York 10001 (212) 736-2040
Read from the committed image; the text is set in two columns, joined here in reading order ('burns' / 'everything in its path' crosses the column break). Spelling and punctuation as printed.
