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A Map of Herr Hitler's Heaven - drawn with undiplomatic but fervant hopes that it won't happen here.
- Title:
- A Map of Herr Hitler's Heaven - drawn with undiplomatic but fervant hopes that it won't happen here.
- Alternate Title:
- A Map of Herr Hitler's Heaven
- Collection:
- Persuasive Cartography: The PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Yardley, Richard
- Date:
- 1938
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1270.02
- File Name:
- PJM_1270_02.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Between the Wars
Satirical
Pictorial
- Measurement:
- 30 x 22 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This 1938 satirical map from Ken Magazine attacks Hitler and the growing threat of Nazi Germany. Cartoon figures throughout the country show a few humorous developments ("factory devoted exclusively to making medals for Goering") and many that ominously foreshadow what was to come, including propaganda, "big book burning festival," "happy labor - no strikes," "to the Ukraine," and "concentration camps."
Ken Magazine was a controversial anti-fascist publication that first appeared in April 1938. It was distinguished by unusual and powerful graphics like this one and provocative photos and articles, including reports on the Spanish Civil War by Ernest Hemingway. The magazine failed in August 1939 as a result of wariness by advertisers and a boycott by the Catholic Church. Baptista 2009, 109-115. For other maps in the collection from the magazine, Search > "Ken Magazine."
For another pictorial map raising the threat of fascist influence on South America in a more subtle manner, see ID #2468, "The Continent of South America," also published in 1938.
For further information on the Collector’s Notes and a Feedback/Contact Link, see https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/about-collection-personal-statement and https://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/content/feedback-and-contact
- Source:
- Ken Magazine, April 21, 1938, p. 13.
- Repository:
- Private Collection of PJ Mode
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.
