Ostland-Atlas: Baltische Randstaaten, 1942

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Ostland-Atlas: Baltische Randstaaten

Published in Riga by Reichskommissar für das Ostland. One of two reports that make up the “Strukturbericht über das Ostland” (Structural Report on the Ostland), the other being “Ostland in Zahlen” (Ostland in Numbers). This report was created by the Nazi Reich Commissioner for the Eastern Territories and used in the civil administration of the  occupied Eastern Territories: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarussia and part of Poland. The 52 color maps show the occupied administrative territories, its climate and vegetation, population demographics, agricultural status, industry, energy and economic features, traffic and roads, foreign trade in 1938, and the history of the area to 1943. Some representative maps are shown below. Maps by Ethnicity and religion are on the “Maps Ethnographic” page.

Year

1942

Author

Jekab Jureviz

Gottfried Müller

Hermann Warren

Sources

Ball State University’s Digital Library, at www.bsu.edu