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Subject: RE: Re: captured Nazi maps
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:03:26 -0600
From: McEathron, Scott R <[log in to unmask]>
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Chris,
If you remember, I gave a poster on this topic at a NACIS meeting. Below is the text with references.
Captured German Military Maps of WWII: The Results of a Preliminary Survey from the Thomas R. Smith Map Collections, University of Kansas Libraries
Scott R. McEathron, University of Kansas Libraries (email: [log in to unmask])
In the wake of Allied advances into Germany in 1945, teams of young geographers working for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Cartographic Division's Map Information Section went in search of German geographers and maps. They interviewed geographers and mapmakers and found maps by the hundreds of thousands. The maps that were not of immediate strategic value were shipped back to Washington, D.C. (Smith and Black 1946; Wilson 1949, 306).
Many of these captured maps were eventually distributed to American universities via the Army Map Service depository channels and through the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division's summer internship programs. Beyond the initial studies related to this topic (Fisher 1946; Smith and Black 1946; Wilson 1949) little subsequent work has been done. Notable exceptions include Rose and Willig's (2004) study on the preparations made by German geologists for Operation Sealion. Also, Tatham's (1978) survey of captured German maps held in the Map Room of King's College, London.
This poster introduces a survey of these materials that is initially focused on the T. R. Smith Map Collections, University of Kansas Libraries. The primary objectives of the survey are to: 1) explore and document the extent and intensity of mapping; 2) explore the varieties and innovations of mapping conducted by the German military circa 1939-45; and 3) explore the provenance of the maps themselves.
Preliminary results confirm what one may expect in regards to extent and intensity of German mapping. Areas of the most intense mapping include: France, the Low Countries, the United Kingdom, Norway, the Balkans, and the Soviet Union. Tatham (1978, 25) identified four forms of thematic or specialized mapping: Missweisungs-und Nadelabweichungs Karte (Magnetic deviation and variation map), Volkstumskarte (Nationalities map), Befestigungskarte (Fortifications map), and Baustoffkarte (Building material map). In addition to these, several others have been located in the T. R. Smith Map Collections, including: Bildplankarte (Photographic map), Fliegerausgabe (Pilot's edition), Mil.-Geo.-Karte or Militärgeographische Einzelangaben (Military map), Panzerkarte (Tank map), Stadtplans (City plans), Stereokarte (Stereographic map), nautical charts, and various communications (telegraph/phone) maps.
Occasionally, the provenance of the maps may be traced using the "ownership" stamps on the sheets. Original owners include national agencies in France, Greece, and the Soviet Union (captured by the German Army), and Germany, universities, individuals, and military units. Intermediate owners generally include one or more of the following: the Army Map Service, OSS, the Department of State, or the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. The final owner is the University of Kansas Libraries, T. R. Smith Map Collections.
References
Fisher, Eric. 1946. German Geographical Literature, 1940-1945. Geographical Review 36, no. 1: 92-100.
Rose, E. P. F., D. Willig. 2004. Specialist Maps Prepared by German Military Geologists for Operation Sealion: The Invasion of England Scheduled for September 1940. Cartographic Journal 41, no. 1: 13-35.
Smith, Thomas R., Lloyd D. Black. 1946. German Geography: War Work and Present Status. Geographical Review 36, no. 3: 398-408.
Tatham, A. F. 1978. German Military Mapping--an Exploratory Survey. The Cartographic Journal 15, no. 1: 20-27.
Wilson, Leonard S. 1949. Lessons From the Experience of the Map Information Section, OSS. Geographical Review 39, no. 2: 298-310.
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Subject: Re: captured Nazi maps
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Subject: Re: captured Nazi maps
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 16:24:16 -0500
From: Robert A Bier <[log in to unmask]>
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The link below describes our Heringen collection of captured materials
from Germany after WWII.
http://library.usgs.gov/specoll.html
It would be interesting to see if Chris's maps came from the same
source. The items are stamped with a Heringen ID.
Bob Bier
Chief - Public Services
950 National Center; Room 1D-100
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
Reston, VA 20192
703-648-6207
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Date: 01/06/2010 01:03 PM
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Subject: captured Nazi maps
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 10:47:33 -0700
From: Christopher Thiry <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi all,
We have a few maps that were WWII booty--"captured" maps that have the
original Nazi stamps on them.
Is there an article/website about the captured maps?
thanks in advance,
Christopher J.J. Thiry
Map Librarian
Colorado School of Mines
1400 Illinois
Golden, CO 80401
p. 303-273-3697
f. 303-273-3199
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http://library.mines.edu/
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