Sunday Post's Up-to-the-Minute Picture Map of Nazi Germany. Germany in the Throes of Change.
- Title:
- Sunday Post's Up-to-the-Minute Picture Map of Nazi Germany. Germany in the Throes of Change.
- Alternate Title:
- Germany in the Throes of Change.
- Collection:
- Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection
- Creator:
- Dummer, H. Boylston
- Date:
- 1933
- Posted Date:
- 2024-04-25
- ID Number:
- 2437.01
- File Name:
- PJM_2437_01Adj.jpg
- Style/Period:
- 1920 - 1939
- Subject:
- Between the Wars
Pictorial - Measurement:
- 37 x 49 on page 57 x 40 (centimeters, height x width)
- Notes:
- This pictorial newspaper map from 1933 provides an eerie warning of things to come in Nazi Germany. It appeared in the Boston Sunday Post as "An Illustration Invaluable to School Teachers . . . Hang It Up in the Classroom."
On the one hand, the map illustrates traditional highlights of German history and culture, described in the legend lower right as "picturesque, historical episodes familiar to all American students." Examples include "Heidelberg, site of Germany's oldest university;" "Dresden . . . world famous as an art centre;" and "Baden-Baden, a celebrated health resort."
At the same, there are darker overtones: "The eyes of the world are on Germany with its new, sensational system of Nazi government. This very day you may hear of some new development there which will affect every civilized country." There are two illustrations of Hitler as a sweating demagogue roiling his supporters, "in Munich beer cellars" and in Potsdam as his Nazi government assumed power. In Berlin, the "Reichstag . . . was recently badly ruined by an incendiary fire."
There are several references to Versailles, including "On the eve of Nazi triumph bonfires were lighted on the German sides of Polish Corridor to remind Germans of their lost territory" and "Polish Corridor, taken from Germany by Versailles treaty . . . cuts Germany in two and Hitler may start war to regain it." At the lower right, "Detention camps near Munich for Nazi foes" includes figures behind barbed wire, one of who appears to be an elderly Jew with a long white beard.
The map was drawn by H. Boylston Dummer, a well-known graphic artist of the time who worked for the Post for many years.
Cornell University Library is pleased to present this digital collection of Persuasive Maps, the originals of which have been collected and described by the private collector PJ Mode. The descriptive information in the “Collector’s Notes” has been supplied by Mr. Mode and does not necessarily reflect the views of Cornell University. - Source:
- Boston Sunday Post, May 21, 1933.
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- For important information about copyright and use, see http://persuasivemaps.library.cornell.edu/copyright.