Joseph Pallone collection

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn619014
• English
• 1961-1962
• overall: Height: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm) | Width: 18.375 inches (46.673 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A 1961 map of the Bergen-Hohne region, with an overprinted boundary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) training area, acquired by an American soldier stationed in Germany during the 1980s. Overprinted maps are often made prior to or during hostilities. They provide military units with the most up-to-date intelligence and information, when there is insufficient time to fully revise or create a new map. Along the bottom right edge of the NATO range, outlined in purple, is the village of Belsen, located next to the “East Camp” of a former Wehrmacht training complex, founded in 19...

• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• irn619015
• English
• 1942-1953
• overall: Height: 47.500 inches (120.65 cm) | Width: 34.625 inches (87.948 cm)
• Updated 7 months ago

A 1953 map of the Bergen-Hohne region, with multi-colored overprinting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) training area, acquired by an American soldier stationed in Germany during the 1980s. Overprinted maps are often made prior to or during hostilities. They provide military units with the most up-to-date intelligence and information, when there is insufficient time to fully revise or create a new map. Along the bottom right edge of the NATO range, outlined in yellow and black, is the village of Belsen, located next to the “East Camp” of a former Wehrmacht training complex, ...