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Don't Disturb My Attack!

Title:
Don't Disturb My Attack!
Full Title:
Störe meine greife nicht! [Don't Disturb My Attack!]
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Garvens, Oskar
Date:
1934
Date posted:
2015-08-25
ID Number:
2031.02
Identifier:
PJM_2031_02.jpg
Subject:
Between the Wars
Satirical
Pictorial
Extent:
(cm, H x W) 23 x 18 on sheet 31 x 23
Collector's Notes:
This satirical map relates to an effort of Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France, to protect Europe by encircling Germany. Barthou had sought help in implementing this initiative from Roumania (represented here by Nicolae Titulescu, then Foreign Minister) and Czechoslovakia (represented by Thomas Masaryk, then President). See Sturdza 1968, 55, 66, 70-71, 91-92. Peace, on the right, looks on with concern as the three nations maneuver - but War urges her not to "Disturb My Attack."
This cartoon from the magazine Kladderadatsch reflects the Nazi contention that Germany was increasingly encircled and threatened by its neighbors - and therefore should be released from the restrictions on armaments imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. Herb 1997, 115-121. A number of other German maps make the same point. See ID #1243.04 (Gauss)|#1241.05 (Leers)|#1251.05 (Putzger)|#1240 (Noll). For background on the history and role of Kladderadatsch, see Notes for ID #2031.01 (Vermin).
Note:
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Source:
Kladderadatsch, August 26, 1934
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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.