Map
Creator(s)
- Great Britain, War Office, General Staff. Geographical Section. (Publisher)
Archival History
The map was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by Betty and Max Kolpas.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Betty and Max Kolpas
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Foldout map of Berlin acquired by Max Kolpas, a soldier in the 298th Combat Engineers, United States Army. The map also shows the surrounding areas and identifies important Nazi buildings and other locations. It is missing adjoining sheets. The map was created by the Geographic Section, General Staff, British War Office. Kolpas landed at Omaha Beach during D-Day, June 6, 1944, and was a member of one of the first units to enter Berlin in July 1945.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
1 map (missing 4 adjoining sheets) : col. ; 89 x 114 cm. (open) and text Scale: 1:20,000 Includes: "Reference." ; "All important buildings have been examined or air photographed no later than 29/5/44." ; "Glossary of main German topographical terms used on this plan" Verso: Sheet 3 (South-west) :"Key to buildings in accordance with their function" Compiled and drawn by A.C.I.U. and War Office ; Information in black supplied by I.S.T.D. ; Photolithographed by War Office. 1945.
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Germany--Berlin--Maps.
- Cities and towns--Germany--Maps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Historiography--Maps.
- World War, 1939-1945--Cartography--Maps.
- Berlin (Germany)--Maps.
Genre
- Object
- Information Forms