The Jewish Welfare Board, United War Work Campaign (Yiddish: We Have Built Them a Home)
A soldier gestures toward a hut marked 'Jewish Welfare Building' as an older bearded man looks on, while soldiers write inside and a woman plays a piano at the window. The Yiddish line reads 'We have built them a home.' The tell is the Yiddish text and the elder figure: community and family belonging is attached to a request to fund the camp hut.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- November 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Jewish Welfare Board (United War Work Campaign)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Diaspora or minority
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Religion, War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
Jewish Welfare Board (United War Work Campaign). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-47.
Text on the object
The Jewish Welfare Board United War Work Campaign * Week of November 11,1918. מיר האבען פאר זיי א היים געבויט. JEWISH WELFARE BUILDING [seal: J.W.B.] THE HEGEMAN PRINT N.Y.
The Jewish Welfare Board United War Work Campaign * Week of November 11,1918. We have built them a home. JEWISH WELFARE BUILDING [seal: J.W.B.] THE HEGEMAN PRINT N.Y.
English headline and sign on the building, and the Yiddish line, read from the image; the imprint at lower right reads 'The Hegeman Print N.Y.'.
