Soldaten-Atlas Wehrmacht
1941

Tornisterschrift des Oberkommandos der Wehrmacht Abt. Inland, Heft 39, 1941. Bearbeitet von der Kartographischen Anstalt des Bibliographischen Institus in Verbindung mit Hauptmann Dr. Kurt Krause und Dr. Fritz Scheibner.

(Wehrmacht Soldier' Atlas - 1941)
In German on  CD

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Soldaten-Atlas / Soldier Atlas, published by the Wehrmacht High command in late 1941.  Cover says "for use inside the Wehrmacht only." Published for the soldiers at front to inform them about the  ongoing war. Large size, but delivered from the publisher folded to fit into the tornister or backpack/stachel.  32 pages of  maps of Germany and Europe as it was shaped by the German forces in late 1941, NSDAP administrative structure of Germany, maps of the German WW2 campaigns prior to the invasion of Russia (Poland, Norway, France, Balkans) and explanation of the changing European map, several maps of the Sovjet Union as published after the start of operation Barbarossa, about half of the pages in color. Many charts of population, farming and industrial production. Maps of lost German colonies, maps of the invasion of Poland, Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia and Greece plus maps of racial groups of Europe and the world.

(All illustrations much reduced in scale for the website)

This a rare item of wartime memorabilia, an insight into the Nazi view of the world and the war. A chilling moment in history captured in Atlas format, now available on CDROM.

Note: Ex Libris Ozebook does not endorse the views expressed in this document. The Publication is a reproduction of the content produced during the war and as such must be considered in terms of the propaganda aims of the time.