Germany the Beautiful Travel Country—Nazi tourist propaganda map—Riemer 1938

£260

SKU: P-6-112351

'Germany, the Beautiful Travel Country'


Walter Riemer’s exuberant pictorial map transforms pre-war Germany into a crowded theatre of castles, cathedrals, industry, agriculture and outdoor recreation, framed by civic arms and the repeated slogan “Beautiful Germany”. Beneath its gaiety lies a carefully managed image of the Third Reich: swastika flags punctuate the tourist scenes, while an inset makes Germany a dominant red mass at the centre of Europe. The verso is equally revealing. Alongside visitor information on cities, spas, railways, shipping and air travel is a transport map distinguishing Reich motor roads already open, under construction, sanctioned and projected, plus an inset of German air routes. The text credits Hitler with initiating the Autobahn programme, celebrates National Socialist “regeneration” and presents “work, honour and peace” as the ideals of the new Germany. References to winter 1937–38 services, the end-1937 road network and the anticipated resumption of the transatlantic airship service in the still-uncompleted LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin identify this as the revised issue of early 1938.

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Size 59 x 82 cm | 23.0 x 32.5 inches

Date Published: 1938

Type: Colour-printed folding pictorial, tourist and propaganda map

Author: Riemer, Walter

Walter Riemer (1896–1942), German graphic artist and illustrator; Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, publisher

Publication: Germany, the Beautiful Travel Country

Walter Riemer, Germany, the Beautiful Travel Country. Berlin: Reichsbahnzentrale für den Deutschen Reiseverkehr, 1938. English-language revised issue, imprint P–235115–engl.

Condition: Good |

Good; suitable for framing. Good overall. Bright colour and complete as issued; light handling creases and wear along the original folds, with minor marginal nicking and short splits at some junctures, secured verso with archival tape. Please check the scan for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Please contact us if you would like to arrange to view this map. This is a folding map. Printed on the reverse: English tourist and propaganda text, with a large conventional transport map showing railways, shipping routes and Reich motor roads; inset maps distinguish Autobahns open, under construction, sanctioned and projected, and show the network of German airways.

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