The U.S. Department of Defense was known to have detailed maps, aerials and even street-level photos of Berlin, East and West, during the (previous) Cold War.
I believe many of those maps/photos were declassified after the re-unification of Germany – perhaps the LoC could help.
Of course, much of Berlin was in ruins at the end of WWII, so those DoD materials may be too recent.
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Subject: Building-detail maps of Berlin in the 1930s?
A scholar is looking for detailed maps of Berlin from the 1930s with building-level information. The usual methods haven’t turned anything up, the largest scale I have seen so far was around 1:25,000. The general rule is to find exceptionally
detailed information near the locality being studied. I’m not familiar with the mapping projects and resources of that place and time. Any ideas?
Thank you,
Kathleen Weessies
Social Sciences Coordinator; Head, Map Library
Michigan State University
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