The German Reich May 1939
- Title:
- The German Reich May 1939
- Alternate Title:
- The German Reich May 1939
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- E.B.
- Date:
- 1939
- Posted Date:
- 2017-04-14
- ID Number:
- 2273.01
- Collection Number:
- 8548
- File Name:
- PJM_2273_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Between the Wars
- Measurement:
- 20 x 23 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- On April 15, 1939, following the Anschluss of Austria and the occupation of Czechoslovakia, President Roosevelt sent a message to Hitler seeking assurances that Germany would not invade 31 specific nations in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. On April 28, Hitler responded in a long, chilling speech before the Reichstag, railing against the "madness" of the Versailles Treaty and the "dismemberment" of Germany. This exchange was reprinted by the German Library of Information in New York, a Nazi propaganda arm, along with this map dated May 1939. The introduction to this pamphlet says that "The inclusion of . . . the map showing territorial developments that have taken place since the Great War will facilitate the study of the various questions involved." Most of the "developments" shown, of course, consisted of territory "taken from Germany by Versailles Treaty" and since "returned" to Germany, or "incorporated" into Germany, or made a "protectorate" of Germany by Nazi aggression. An inset map shows the "Comparative Size of the German Reich [including the new 'territorial developments'] & Texas," perhaps intended to reassure Americans.
The "German Library of Information" in New York played an important role in German propaganda from the late 1930s until America's entry into the war after Pearl Harbor. The collection includes other publications of the German Library in New York: ID ##1302.01-.07 ("The War in Maps 1939/40"); ID ##2059, 2063 ("Allied Intrigue in the Low Countries"). And the reaction of the American cartographic community to maps issued by the Library marked a turning point in the history of persuasive cartography. For more about the Library, see Notes for ID #1302.01.
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:
- German Library of Information. 1939. Exchange of Communications between the President of the United States and the Chancellor of the German Reich April 1939. New York: German Library of Information. Pp. 24-25.
- 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.