Content note: Map poster citing deaths from massacre and starvation among Christian and other populations in the Near East, as issued. This object is shown as it was published. Why
Where the Victims Are: Save the Survivors, 3,950,000 Starving People
A map of the Near East, from Greece and Turkey to Persia, Arabia and Turkestan, carries a column of figures (square miles, non-Muslim population in 1914, deaths from 'Massacre and Starvation') beside the headline 'Save the Survivors' and a 0,000,000 campaign goal. The tell is the stacking of large round numbers in red against the geography, so that the scale of need is presented as a single count the viewer can answer with a donation.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1919
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- American Committee for Relief in the Near East
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- NGO
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Health, Religion, War and the military
- 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
American Committee for Relief in the Near East. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-204.
Text on the object
WHERE THE VICTIMS ARE Number of Square Miles - 10,395,881 Non-Moslems (Christians chiefly) living in these countries in 1914 - 8,105,000 Died of Massacre and Starvation - 1,000,000 SAVE THE SURVIVORS - 3,950,000 STARVING PEOPLE AMERICAN COMMITTEE FOR RELIEF IN THE NEAR EAST 1 MADISON AVE., NEW YORK CITY CLEVELAND H. DODGE, TREASURER CAMPAIGN for $30,000,000 [Map labels: ITALY, GREECE, BLACK SEA, CAUCASUS MOUNTAINS, CASPIAN SEA, KHIVA, TURKESTAN, TURKEY, PERSIA, MESOPOTAMIA, SYRIA, ARABIA, HEDJAN, ASIR, YEMEN, OMAN, EL HASA, PERSIAN GULF, RED SEA, ARABIAN SEA, AFGHANISTAN, BALUCHISTAN, and city names including Constantinople, Smyrna, Angora, Aleppo, Damascus, Beirut, Jerusalem, Baghdad, Teheran, Medina, Mecca, Cairo, Khartoum]
