Collection: Osher Map Library Collection

Name: Englands schŭld

Barcode: 56454

Image Number: 56454.0001

Creator: Lazarus, Josef

Publishing Location: Leipzig

Brief Description: Cover portion of a folding world map for a supplement of the Nazi publication "Illustrierter Beobachter". Cover illustrates a British officer in a sedan chair holding a whip and smoking a pipe while he looks down angrily at the African, Asian and Middle Eastern slaves in chains who carry him. The propaganda objective of the Nazis was to attack "imperialist" England and its guilt. Verso: World map comparing the British empire with Germany, France and Poland. Circled in red is Micronesia. Its islands were once divided between Germany, England and the United States.

Date/Date Range Published: 1939

Language: German

Region Depicted: EnglandIrelandScotlandWorld

Map Type: GeographicalHistorical mapsPolitical maps

Dimensions: 73 x 52 cm folded to 37 x 28 cm

LC Call Number: G3201.F33 1939 L3

OCLC: 1280683102

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/56454.0001