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vintage poster for American Relief for Czechoslovakia
, which was an organization that operated during and after World War II. The poster depicts two hands breaking a chain over an outline of the country. The organization was a member agency of the National War Fund, a joint effort from 1943 to 1947 to finance war appeals and relief programs in the United States and overseas.
The poster's imagery of breaking chains symbolizes the liberation of Czechoslovakia, which was under the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia established by Nazi Germany in March 1939. The American Relief for Czechoslovakia organization was part of a larger effort to aid countries affected by the war and provided relief to refugees and assistance in their resettlement. |
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