Two Pan-German Schemes and the coveted districts of France
- Title:
- Two Pan-German Schemes and the coveted districts of France
- Alternate Title:
- Two Pan-German Schemes
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Sugden, Charles K.
- Date:
- 1918
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 1196.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_1196_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1900 - 1919
- Subject:
- World War I
- Measurement:
- 3 maps on a sheet 37 x 25 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- Part of a group of 27 maps illustrating a polemic article on the 'readjustment" of Europe in the eventual peace negotiations: "it is not without interest to speculate on the terms which shall satisfy the common and individual aims of the Allies or that may be indicated as essential to the maintenance of peaceful relations between the European states in the future." This set of three maps draw attention to the author's criticism of "Pan-German Schemes" and proposals.
The Pan-German movement had coalesced in the 1890s among German critics of imperial timidity, and it had gained substantial influence by the eve of the War. It urged, among other things: the uniting of all ethnic Germans ("Deutschtum"), regardless of existing state borders; reduction of "un-German" (Slav, Catholic, Jewish) cultural influence; and creation of "lebensraum" for Germany by colonial annexation. Baranowski 2011, 42-45; Wertheimer 1924, 3-4.
In 1916, a French journalist and scholar published "The Pangerman Plot Unmasked," which became a sensation, particularly after its translation into English the following year. The message was clear: Pangermanism was not merely a German claim "to annex only the regions inhabited by dense masses of Germans, on the border of the Empire," or "to gather within the same political fold the peoples who are more or less Germanic by origin" (albeit "quite inadmissible"). "Pangermanism is more than that. It is really the doctrine, of purely Prussian origin, which aims at annexing all the various regions, irrespective of race or language, of which the possession is deemed useful to the power of Hohenzollerns." Cheradame 1917, 1-2. For more maps attacking Pangermanism, see Subjects > World War I.
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- Sugden, Charles K., "The Re-adjustment of Europe," in Salmon, Edward & James Worsfold, eds. [1918]. The British Dominions Year Book 1918. London: Eagle, Star and British Dominions Insurance Company, Limited.
- Cite As:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography, #8548. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- P.J. Mode collection of persuasive cartography
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
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