Help Czechoslovakia
A hooded woman holds a child, both looking upward, with barbed-wire posts behind and the words 'Help Czechoslovakia' above the name of the relief agency. The tell for fear appeal is the staged threat (barbed wire, anxious faces) paired with a single remedy, giving to the named charity; the poster states no figures or uses of funds.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- United Czechoslovak Relief, a member agency of the National War Fund (approved by the President's War Relief Control Board, No. 565); artist Antonin Pelc (per NARA), signed and dated '43
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Theme
- Home front
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (no rights statement; wartime Allied publication)
United Czechoslovak Relief; artist Antonin Pelc (per NARA). National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-766.
Text on the object
HELP CZECHOSLOVAKIA UNITED CZECHOSLOVAK RELIEF APPROVED BY PRESIDENT'S WAR RELIEF CONTROL BOARD No. 565 MEMBER AGENCY OF THE NATIONAL WAR FUND [logo:] NATIONAL WAR FUND / THREE FRONTS ONE CAUSE [signature:] Pelc '43
