“You Saved Them in 1917, Will You Let Them Starve Now? Helpless Little Children shall they Live or Die?”

(WORLD WAR I).

Issued by the American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War

New York, 1918

Poster designed by Cozzy Gottsdanker.

Seeking to benefit the impoverished Jews of Eastern Europe following World War I, American Jewish relief groups united to create the Joint Distribution Committee. This poster includes pledges from the Jewish communities of Rochester, Denver, Boston, Des Moines and Salt Lake City; as well as a pitiful image of two impoverished young girls: “They appeal to YOU for your answer - IN BREAD.”