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Das Netz der Roten Spinne [The Web of the Red Spider]

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Title:
Das Netz der Roten Spinne [The Web of the Red Spider]
Alternate Title:
The Web of the Red Spider
Collection:
Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
Creator:
Signal Magazine
Date:
1943
Posted Date:
2017-04-14
ID Number:
1313.01
Collection Number:
8548
File Name:
PJM_1313_01.jpg
Style/Period:
1940 - 1959
Subject:
Ethnocentrism
World War II
Unusual Projection
Measurement:
25 x 26 on sheet 36 x 27 (centimeters, height x width)
Notes:
A propaganda map showing the world communist movement as a spider web with ties around the globe. It was published in Signal, an official magazine of the German Wehrmacht.

For other Nazi maps attacking communism, see, e.g., ID #2139, "A Victory of Communism in Germany Means War! (1933); #2031, "Vermin" (1934).

The spider and its web have been widely used in political maps, for example, by Germany to describe the British and Soviets; by the U.S. to describe the Nazis; and by the Dutch to describe the Japanese . Search > "spider."

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:
Signal Magazine, September 1, 1943
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:
For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.

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