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"Purports to show that Communists--allegedly in league with Nazis and various Fascist organizations--had established a pervasive, nationwide fifth column that "menaces America on a thousand fronts." The country is divided to show Communist district boundaries and Nazi department boundaries. The authors assert that the fifth column has penetrated the U.S. Army, Navy, and National Guard, as well as its defense industries. The verso contains a list of hundreds of "the more important Communist, Nazi, Fascist and native totalitarian groups" and various "united front" and "fellow-traveler" affiliates. This list is based on government investigations, sworn testimony and records of the House Un-American Activities Committee and other legislative inquiries, and on extensive data and secret documents in the files of the map's publisher."--Edited description of P.J. Mode on Boston Rare Maps website.
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7d27c9506
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The fifth column menaces America on a thousand fronts
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map
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Source metadata
id
7d27c9506
contentType
map
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normalized
title
The fifth column menaces America on a thousand fronts
description
"Purports to show that Communists--allegedly in league with Nazis and various Fascist organizations--had established a pervasive, nationwide fifth column that "menaces America on a thousand fronts." The country is divided to show Communist district boundaries and Nazi department boundaries. The authors assert that the fifth column has penetrated the U.S. Army, Navy, and National Guard, as well as its defense industries. The verso contains a list of hundreds of "the more important Communist, Nazi, Fascist and native totalitarian groups" and various "united front" and "fellow-traveler" affiliates. This list is based on government investigations, sworn testimony and records of the House Un-American Activities Committee and other legislative inquiries, and on extensive data and secret documents in the files of the map's publisher."--Edited description of P.J. Mode on Boston Rare Maps website.
date
["1941"]
year
1941
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_017368A
creators
Kamp, Joseph P. (Joseph Peter), 1900-1993
Gill, Alexander Cloyd
Constitutional Educational League
American Map Company (New York, N.Y.)
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
United States--History--1933-1945--Maps
United States--Maps
Communism--United States--Maps
National socialism--United States--Maps
Fascism--United States--Maps
Communism and education--United States--Maps
World War, 1939-1945--United States--Propaganda--Maps
subjectsGeographic
North and Central America
United States
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Thematic maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
United States
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
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import
pubPlace
New Haven, Conn.
publisher
Constitutional Educational League, Inc.
Source extras
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sf268508b
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41688024w
schema:latitude
38
schema:longitude
-98
extent
1 map : color ; 59 x 89 cm, folded to 23 x 10 cm
notes
Shows the headquarters, propaganda centers, schools, and camps of organizations that served as a fifth column in the United States during the Second World War.
"Copyright, 1941, Constitutional Educational League, Inc., basic copyright by American Map Company."
Inset: Section & sub-section boundaries of greater New York.
Text about Communist, Nazi, Fascist and other "dangerous" organizations on verso.
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no
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7d27c9506
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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12737afab9b75318