Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Large lithographic poster acquired by Raymond Fadner when he worked as a statistician for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in Washington, DC, in 1945-1947. It illustrates the needs of survivors of the war and the relief measures administered by UNRRA. UNRRA was established on November 9, 1943, to provide economic assistance to liberated areas after the war. In 1945-1946, UNRRA was active in repatriating refugees and managing displaced persons camps in Austria, Germany, and Italy. The agency was shut down due to a lack of funding in 1947.
- Artwork Title
- Helping People to Help Themselves
- Date
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publication/distribution:
approximately 1946
- Geography
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distribution:
Washington (D.C.)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Calumet Public School Library
- Markings
- front, across upper left, over yellow UNRRA, black ink : UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND REHABILITATION ADMINISTRATION
front, across upper right, black ink : HELPING PEOPLE TO HELP THEMSELVES
front, upper left , first and second sections, black ink : UNRRA IS AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION consisting of 47 governments / organized to provide relief and rehabilitation to the people of liberated / territories in Europe and the Far East. / UNRRA IS A SHORT-TERM SERVICE AGENCY, acting on behalf of the United / Nations, and designed to meet immediate relief needs and also to rehabilitate / war-shattered economies so that they can, once more, take part in the world / economy.
front, upper left center, third section, indented, black ink : UNRRA PROVIDES Relief supplies: Food, clothing, fuel, medicines, household / supplies, etc. / Relief services: Health and welfare services, epidemic / control, repatriation of displaced persons, etc. / Rehabilitation Supplies and Services: Seeds, fertilizer, / raw materials, machinery, transportation and other public / utilities, technical service, etc. /
front, left center, fourth section, black ink : UNRRA IS DIRECTED to carry out its relief and rehabilitation program among / those United Nations needing assistance, without any discrimination on / account of race, creed, color or political belief.
front, lower left, image caption, white ink : Tools for essential work
front, lower center left, image caption, white ink : Repatriation of the displaced
front, lower center, image caption, white ink : Medical aid
front, lower center right, image caption, white ink : Clothing for the destitute
front, lower right center, image caption, white ink : Seeds for farming
front, upper right center, image caption, white ink : Food for the starving
front, across lower edge, yellow and white ink : FOUNDATION FOR PEACE- UNITED NATIONS
front, lower right corner, white ink : ISSUED BY UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION OFFICE / Litho’d in U. S. A.
front, lower right edge, union label, black and white ink : S A № / UNION / L I P & B A 58 / LABEL / NEW YORK - Contributor
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Distributor:
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Office of Public Information
Subject: Raymond H. Fadner
- Biography
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Raymond Holt Fadner was born on March 23, 1917, in Humbird, Wisconsin, to Amelia and Henry Holt Fadner. He had a brother, Lawrence, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Vivian. In 1921, Raymond’s family moved to Laurium, Michigan. He graduated from Calumet High School in 1935. In 1939, Raymond graduated from the University of Minnesota, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Business Administration degree. After graduation, he was awarded a two year fellowship toward a graduate degree in business administration. In 1940, he moved to Washington, DC, to work as a statistician for the Civil Service Commission. He then was employed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) (1943-1947). Raymond later was employed by the Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation until his retirement in 1984. Raymond passed away, age 79, on November 25, 1996, in Silver Spring, Maryland.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Classification
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Posters
- Category
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War propaganda
- Object Type
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Posters, American (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Lithographic poster on offwhite paper with yellow background sections. The title is in the top right center; to the left is the organization name superimposed over the acronym, UNRRA; below is a text block describing UNRRA and its relief programs. Near the center is a black and white photographic collage including a large image of a woman in a babushka, and smaller images of European and Asian refugees waiting in line in front of destroyed buildings. There are 6 circular photographic images on the lower left depicting relief efforts for survivors of the war with boxed captions. There are 4 images along the lower section from left to right: tractors ready for shipment, aid workers assisting displaced persons; personnel administering medical care to a child; and a worker distributing clothing. There are 2 images on the right: workers with bags of seeds and a man inspecting barrels of food. Along the lower edge is a black rectangle with text.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 21.875 inches (55.563 cm) | Width: 33.875 inches (86.043 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The UNRRA poster was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2004 by Debra Oyler, on behalf of the Calumet Public School Library, which received it from Lawrence Fadner, the brother of Raymond Fadner, a graduate of Calumet Public High School.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2024-10-03 13:02:26
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The collection consists of a poster and photographs relating to the experiences of Raymond Fadner when he worked for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) in Washington, DC, after World War II.
Date: 1945-1947
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration photographs
Document
The papers consist of 31 official United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) photographs, with captions, depicting the various relief programs and actions of the organization following World War II and 23 labels describing the images that are duplicates of the photograph captions. Activities at UNRRA facilities in China, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, are depicted.
