Deutschland gegen alles - gegen alles in der Welt [Germany against everyone - against everyone in the world]
- Title:
- Deutschland gegen alles - gegen alles in der Welt [Germany against everyone - against everyone in the world]
- Alternate Title:
- Germany against everyone in the world
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- 1941
- Date 2:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2316.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2316_01.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1940 - 1959
- Subject:
- Unusual Graphics/Text
World War II - Measurement:
- two maps, each 6.5 x 12, on sheet 21 x 27 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This RAF propaganda leaflet was one in a series in the form of an air-newspaper (“Luftpost”), and it is unusual in that one side (ID #2316.01) contains two maps side by side. On the left is a map of Europe with a swastika covering Germany and rays extending in all directions; it is titled “Germany against everyone -.” The message is continued on the right side, entitled “- against everyone in the World.” Below the title is a world map showing “combatants against Hitler” in solid red, “helpers against Hitler” in red and white stripes, and “souls against Hitler” in white.
Roughly half the world - the British Empire and Russia - are shown in solid red as combatants against Hitler. This leaflet is dated September 2, 1941, three months before the U.S entered the war, and the U.S. is therefore shown in red and white, along with most of South America, China and Greenland(!). The effect nevertheless suggests that “everyone in the World” was indeed against Hitler.
The balance of the page is filled with articles intended to undermine German morale, for example, “Goring is getting richer” and “Death in the East - for those newly posted.” The verso (ID #2316.02) contains a number of similar articles.
This leaflet was acquired along with four pages of text on onion skin paper (ID #2313.03-.06) containing an extensive translation of portions of the text into English. It appears that an English soldier was working to improve his German or to understand what messages the RAF was emphasizing. On the other hand, these notes could be from a German soldier who was working to improve his English.
This leaflet is also unusual in that those used in the European war were generally not produced in color, while those in the Pacific often adopted the palette of Japanese woodblock prints. See, e.g., ID ##1324, 1325, 1326, 1328.
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- Image
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