Germany, the Beautiful Travel Country; 1935 Tourist Map

This is a museum-grade reproduction of a German Tourist Map in 1935. At first glance, this looks like a typical English-language map brochure promoting tourism, in this case, travel to Germany in 1936. The map shows scores of Germans at work and play: happy, prosperous, industrious (and invariably blonde). Industry and agriculture, culture and sport abound. Berlin and the 1936 Olympic Games are prominent. The date is estimated, but likely late 1935. The brochure was issued in other languages. The text on the verso provides all the detail a tourist would need: cities, industry and commerce, art, music, theatre, science, spas, internal travel. And at the outset, it summarizes Germany's recent political history. The "national socialist movement... prepared the way for a complete reorganisation of Germany's political and national life culminating in the national uprising at the end of January, 1933. It was the national revolution that gave the German people the political and economic stability long hoped-for. The disastrous contentions of political parties were stopped, and the national socialist Government had the principle of leadership applied to all organisations of national business. Successful efforts are being made to give all classes of the people permanent employment and to restore to Germany her proper place among the nations of the world.