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A Geography Lesson for Young Germany

Title:
A Geography Lesson for Young Germany
Full Title:
A Geography Lesson for Young Germany
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Unknown
Date:
1935
Date posted:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1245.01
Identifier:
PJM_1245_01.jpg
Subject:
Between the Wars
Extent:
(cm, H x W) 18 x 15 on page 57 x 43
Collector's Notes:
A warning in the 1935 New York Times of ominous developments in Germany. "This Map, entitled 'Deutsches Grenzland In Not' (German Frontier Districts in Distress) Is Distributed by the Nazi Ministry of Propaganda and Hangs in the School Rooms of Germany."
For a similar warning in Life Magazine in 1938, see ID #1266, The Key Nazi Map of a Greater Germany. See also ID #2027, Scholastic Magazine (1938).
For an earlier, poster-sized version of the same map, see ID #2040, "Das ganze Deutschland soll es sein!" (It Should/Shall All Be Germany)."
Note:
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Source:
New York Times, March 17, 1935, p. 4E.
References:
For full details on references, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/references.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Rights:
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About the collection

This is a collection of “persuasive” cartography: maps intended primarily to influence the opinion of the viewer -- to send a message -- rather than to communicate geographic information. The collection reflects a variety of persuasive tools: allegorical, satirical and pictorial mapping; selective inclusion or exclusion; unusual projections, graphics and text; and intentional deception. Maps in the collection address a wide range of messages: religious, political, military, commercial, moral and social.