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title: Help Holland - Give for Dutch War Relief
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/netherlands-help-holland-give-1939/
description: A girl in Dutch national costume kneels over a collapsed figure in a pink coat, under the words 'Help Holland' and 'Give for Dutch War Relief'.
section: Collection
---

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# Help Holland - Give for Dutch War Relief

A girl in Dutch national costume kneels over a collapsed figure in a pink coat, under the words 'Help Holland' and 'Give for Dutch War Relief', with the fund's name at the foot. The tell is the child in national dress used as the face of a whole country's need, with a single prescribed action (give) and no figures on what the fund spends or provides.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Fear appeal](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/fear-appeal/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
Help HOLLAND

GIVE
for DUTCH WAR RELIEF
The QUEEN WILHELMINA FUND, Inc.

[signature:] RONAY
```

[← Mothers let them go - give them a chance of greater safety and health (Ministry of Health Evacuation Scheme)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/mothers-let-them-go-evacuation-1939/) [Holland Will Rise Again →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/netherlands-holland-will-rise-again-1939/)

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