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Description

"Perhaps the First Shot in the German War Against the Treaty of Versailles" (The Cornell P.J. Mode Collection).

Scarce German map arguing against the policy of the Treaty of Versailles to "separate 5 1/2 million Germans from the nation."

The map shows the earliest movements of German irredentism that would eventually lead to the fascist policies of the Second World War. Coupled with the "stab-in-the-back myth," the German anger against losing territorial integrity can be recognized as some of the first signs of impending nationalism to spring from the ending of the First World War.

This map shows the German populations that will be ceded to France and Poland in red. In blue are regions to be decided by referendum. Blue areas denote regions to be decided by plebiscite. The Saarbuckenland, to be ruled by the French for 15 years before having a plebiscite, is in green. Demilitarized zones are shaded.

This map was published by Paul Rühlmann in 1919 in his Europa am Abgrunde.

Condition Description
Owner's signature on verso, dated 1919.
Reference
P.J. Mode Collection, 1205.01.