================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Subject: Re: MAPS-L: Nazi-stamped maps Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 From: Derrick Beckner <[log in to unmask]> To: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> : They probably do have a copyright claim since the Third Reich was a legitimate predecessor to the current German government. However, it's not like Hitler asked the Ordnance Survey for copyright permission when he republished their maps. :) >I would be interested to know if anyone on the list has any thoughts or >information about the copyright on this material. Until recently we were >under the impression that the copyright resided with the Third Reich and >as this entity no longer exists the copyright was no longer valid. >However, we have noticed lately some examples of this material being used >as illustrations and the German government being credited. Any thoughts? > >Regards, >April > >April Carlucci >Cataloguing Manager and Curator of Modern Maps >British Library Map Collections > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum >[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Angie Cope, AGSL >Sent: 30 November 2005 13:50 >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: MAPS-L: Nazi-stamped maps > >cc: to MapHist >================================================ >MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L >================================================ > >Subject: Nazi-stamped maps >Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 >From: Michael Fry <[log in to unmask]> >Organization: University of Maryland Libraries >To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]> > > >I recently discovered that some of the older European topo maps in our >collection have been stamped >with Nazi insignia (i.e., an eagle, wings spread, standing on or grasping >a wreath w/ a swastika >inside) and the words "Reichsamt für Landesaufnahme" and "Kartensammlung" >(roughly translated, I >think, as "Reich's Agency for Surveying" and "map collections"). The >particular sheet in front of >me, Basel-Laufen from a 1936 "Topographischer Atlas der Schweiz," also has >"S.282" and "22.[???] >1937" just to the left of the eagle. (I don't know if these are *related* >to the eagle, but they're >in the same color ink.) > >In addition, there's also this stamp: >CIA Map Branch >Received >Feb 25, 1949 > >According to Carlos Hagen's "Map Libraries and the Armed Services--A Story >of Uneven Relationships," >some of the maps distributed by the Army Map Service were "captured from >Axis Powers." Is this the >likely source of the sheet I'm looking at? Are maps with the Nazi insignia >considered rare or >valuable (and possibly worth removing from open access), or simply >historically interesting artifacts? > >Thanks for any insight you can provide. > >mf >-- >Michael Fry >Government Documents & Maps Librarian >University of Maryland Libraries > > >-- > >************************************************************************** > >Experience the British Library online at www.bl.uk > >Help the British Library conserve the world's knowledge. Adopt a Book. >www.bl.uk/adoptabook > >The Library's St Pancras site is WiFI - enabled > >************************************************************************** > >The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and may be >legally privileged. It is intended for the addressee(s) only. If you are >not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and notify the >[log in to unmask] : The contents of this e-mail must not be disclosed or >copied without the sender's consent. > >The statements and opinions expressed in this message are those of the >author and do not necessarily reflect those of the British Library. The >British Library does not take any responsibility for the views of the author. > >************************************************************************** > > > >-- Derrick Beckner Mapping Specialist Map Library Supervisor Penn State University 1 Paterno Library University Park, PA 16802 [log in to unmask] http://www.libraries.psu.edu/maps/ 814-863-5753 --