It would be equally controversial to display it as if it was part of the GDR, if not more – as far as I recall, GDR recognised FRG in West Germany’s borders after some time.
In 1990 they sent me to a district in East Berlin that wasn’t on the map they gave me. I expected to improve the infrastructure of a small town and found a fully developed city. Nice job done here!
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My understanding was that the British and the French handed over their quarters of Berlin to merge with the Russian quarter/DDR. Why does this look like just over half the city if it just was the American quarter? Am I mistaken?
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I remember that 🙂
West germany wasn’t displayed in detail (or often even with incorrect details on purpose) by east german maps, so it was harder for people to workout fleeing routes. This was part of the oppressive government style of east Germany.
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Hier sind Drachen
(An English phrase, google translated. I don’t know if it translates to anything meaningful at all).
It’s like the fog of war on a video game…
B L A N K
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Cancel culture. #leftie by nature, leftist from the start.
https://youtu.be/P6qg0sKJJKM this video is a gem. A detailed explanation of how things came to be and what challenges west berlin faced during those times.
Fog of war
That’s how Bielefeld works now too!
The comrade who came up with the idea was probably lauded by saving as much printer ink as the white blob was large. Brilliant move, increasing efficiency of the map-making department under the 5-year plan while complying with politburo instructions.
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How else should they portray it? We don’t show Poland on a map of the Bundesrepublik either.
The area highlighted in BLANK has the shape of a wizard
https://youtu.be/kwprznh3d-o?t=151
The Map Men made [a video about this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwprznh3d-o) a few years ago.
It would be equally controversial to display it as if it was part of the GDR, if not more – as far as I recall, GDR recognised FRG in West Germany’s borders after some time.
But yeah, [usually](https://24glo.com/img/cyprus/nicosia_center.jpg) that’s how it goes even without mutual recognition of contested borders.
In 1990 they sent me to a district in East Berlin that wasn’t on the map they gave me. I expected to improve the infrastructure of a small town and found a fully developed city. Nice job done here!
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My understanding was that the British and the French handed over their quarters of Berlin to merge with the Russian quarter/DDR. Why does this look like just over half the city if it just was the American quarter? Am I mistaken?
[removed]
I remember that 🙂
West germany wasn’t displayed in detail (or often even with incorrect details on purpose) by east german maps, so it was harder for people to workout fleeing routes. This was part of the oppressive government style of east Germany.
[removed]
Hier sind Drachen
(An English phrase, google translated. I don’t know if it translates to anything meaningful at all).
It’s like the fog of war on a video game…
B L A N K
v o i d
Cancel culture. #leftie by nature, leftist from the start.
https://youtu.be/P6qg0sKJJKM this video is a gem. A detailed explanation of how things came to be and what challenges west berlin faced during those times.
Fog of war
That’s how Bielefeld works now too!
The comrade who came up with the idea was probably lauded by saving as much printer ink as the white blob was large. Brilliant move, increasing efficiency of the map-making department under the 5-year plan while complying with politburo instructions.