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The Finnish Relief Fund was a humanitarian aid organization initiated by former U.S. President Herbert Hoover in December 1939. It was intended to support Finland during the Winter War. By March 1940, it had raised 2.5 million US dollars.
Hoover's campaign was advertised in 1,400 newspapers across the United States. The largest contributions came from private donors ($1.9 million), newspaper ads ($652,869), industrial companies ($318,188) and labor unions ($27,294). The income from first screening of the film Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' in the Washington (state), state of Washington was forwarded to the relief fund.
Register of the Finnish Relief Fund Records, 1939-1946
Online Archive of California.
Report to American donors : December 1939-July 1940. (1940)
Archive.org.
Genealogia.fi. Winter War Herbert Hoover Organizations established in 1939 Humanitarian aid organizations of World War II 1939 establishments in the United States {{Finland-org-stub
The Finnish Relief Fund was a humanitarian aid organization initiated by former U.S. President Herbert Hoover in December 1939. It was intended to support Finland during the Winter War. By March 1940, it had raised 2.5 million US dollars.
Hoover's campaign was advertised in 1,400 newspapers across the United States. The largest contributions came from private donors ($1.9 million), newspaper ads ($652,869), industrial companies ($318,188) and labor unions ($27,294). The income from first screening of the film Gone with the Wind (film), ''Gone with the Wind'' in the Washington (state), state of Washington was forwarded to the relief fund.
See also
*Foreign support of Finland in the Winter War *Commission for Polish ReliefReferences
External links
Register of the Finnish Relief Fund Records, 1939-1946
Online Archive of California.
Report to American donors : December 1939-July 1940. (1940)
Archive.org.
Genealogia.fi. Winter War Herbert Hoover Organizations established in 1939 Humanitarian aid organizations of World War II 1939 establishments in the United States {{Finland-org-stub