Content note: Photograph of a crying, dishevelled child framed by a large white swastika. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Deliver us from evil. Buy war bonds.
A photograph of a bedraggled, tearful-looking child is set inside a large white swastika against a cloudy sky. The headline quotes 'Deliver us from evil' and the base reads 'Buy War Bonds'. The technique is fear-appeal: a distressed child stands for the threat, and a scriptural phrase is attached to the purchase of bonds.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-133 (NAID 513581).
Text on the object
"Deliver us from evil" BUY WAR BONDS [imprint: OFFICIAL U.S. TREASURY POSTER] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1943 O-523825 WNS 808-A]
