Mapping Modernity

14. Humoristische Karte

25 October 2023

German propaganda card 1914

This intricate German propaganda map, produced in late 1914, offers a lighthearted and caricatured depiction of the early stages of World War I in Europe. However, the amusement derived from such cartoon maps would soon fade.

 

K. Lehmann-Dumont, Humoristische Karte von Europa im Jahre 1914, Dresden 1914. Coll. S/T W.2h.59, 46.5 x 61.5 cm.