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RandomPolishCatholic on
wow this East German map really managed to capture all the amazing detail and beauty of west berlin and still make it easily readable and nice to aesthetic. Modern mapmakers have a lot left to learn!
DerBusundBahnBi on
I‘ve drawn a wizard
Knownoname98 on
‘Yeah, we don’t talk about them’
IntrepidWolverine517 on
It’s not a map of West Berlin. West Berlin was deliberately left out on East German maps. It’s a non-map.
CaralhinhosVoadorez on
West Berlin existing is the kind of historical weirdness that if it didn’t actually happen people would say it would be too unrealistic for a alt history scenario.
Pochel on
Well, it’s just besides the scope of the map? I have a 2009 US atlas that leaves every country blank on the map that is not the main focus of the said map. For example, on the map of the US, Canada is a blank area
k1t0-t34at0 on
‘Was? Ich habe eine blaue Dot bekommen?’
Complex_Mention_8495 on
There be dragons. Do not go there.
ReconArek on
Funny, but at the same time well-thought-out so as not to give any potential escapees the opportunity to navigate
no_soy_livb on
Lol
FiveFingerDisco on
My relatives from the east side of the wall showed me a map like this after naive 6yo me asked why they never wrote if they couldn’t come over the wall.
George_McSonnic on
Looks surprisingly similar to Bielefeld
aa2051 on
snippychicky22 on
i cant belive they refuse to put anything in the ***void***
vlewy on
Comunist genius!
O-Alexis on
Now that’s what we can call
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multi_io on
To be fair, I think those were usually maps of East Germany, and they blanked out anything that wasn’t East Germany — not just West Berlin, but also West Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia — just everything.
It looks like they even took care to only render those parts of the sea that were East German territory.
SlashBansheeCoot on
Here be dragons
BobBelcher2021 on
There was NEIN West Berlin!
Araz99 on
It’s not map of West Berlin. It’s map of East Germany, excluding everything outside its borders (West Berlin too). West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia weren’t mapped too.
StunningError4693 on
And one year later my parents gone into the unknown land.Â
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(shout-out to Map Men, Map Men, Map Map Map Map Men Men… Men)
wow this East German map really managed to capture all the amazing detail and beauty of west berlin and still make it easily readable and nice to aesthetic. Modern mapmakers have a lot left to learn!
I‘ve drawn a wizard
‘Yeah, we don’t talk about them’
It’s not a map of West Berlin. West Berlin was deliberately left out on East German maps. It’s a non-map.
West Berlin existing is the kind of historical weirdness that if it didn’t actually happen people would say it would be too unrealistic for a alt history scenario.
Well, it’s just besides the scope of the map? I have a 2009 US atlas that leaves every country blank on the map that is not the main focus of the said map. For example, on the map of the US, Canada is a blank area
‘Was? Ich habe eine blaue Dot bekommen?’
There be dragons. Do not go there.
Funny, but at the same time well-thought-out so as not to give any potential escapees the opportunity to navigate
Lol
My relatives from the east side of the wall showed me a map like this after naive 6yo me asked why they never wrote if they couldn’t come over the wall.
Looks surprisingly similar to Bielefeld
i cant belive they refuse to put anything in the ***void***
Comunist genius!
Now that’s what we can call
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To be fair, I think those were usually maps of East Germany, and they blanked out anything that wasn’t East Germany — not just West Berlin, but also West Germany and Poland and Czechoslovakia — just everything.
[https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/objects/1014719](https://www.ddr-museum.de/de/objects/1014719)
It looks like they even took care to only render those parts of the sea that were East German territory.
Here be dragons
There was NEIN West Berlin!
It’s not map of West Berlin. It’s map of East Germany, excluding everything outside its borders (West Berlin too). West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia weren’t mapped too.
And one year later my parents gone into the unknown land.Â