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Map of Berlin created by the British War Office acquired by a US soldier

Publication | Accession Number: 2013.418.1

Title: Town plan of Berlin, Germany, Sheet 3, S.W., 3rd. ed. / compiled and drawn by A.C.I.U. and War Office
Series Title: G.S.G.S. No. 4480
Date: 1945 (publication/distribution)
Geography: publication : London (England)
Language: English
German
Credit Line: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Betty and Max Kolpas

Physical Description: 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.
Contributor: Publisher: Great Britain, War Office, General Staff. Geographical Section.
Topical Term: Cities and towns--Germany--Maps.
World War, 1939-1945--Cartography--Maps.
World War, 1939-1945--Historiography--Maps.
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence--Germany--Berlin--Maps.
Geographic Name: Berlin (Germany)--Maps.
Legal Status: Permanent Collection
Provenance: The map was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013 by 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.
Conditions on Access: No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use: No restrictions on use
: Record last modified: 2017-09-12 12:39:53
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