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1945 Je Cherche and Jacques Mercier Map of Occupied Germany After World War II
OccupationAllemagne-jecherche-1945The flags along the sides can be cut apart and used to mark occupation zones. (Cut out each flag with the yellow part, fold it, wrap it around a pin on the back of the flag.)The original French reads:
Les drapeaux figurant latéralement peuvent être découpés pour server à delimiter les zones d'occupation (Découper chaque Drapeau avec sa partie jaune, coller cette dernière, entourant une épingle, au verso du drapeau.)The fact that the occupation zones are meant to be marked in this way, and not printed directly on the map, implies that this map was published before the Allied occupation zones had been formally established. Mercier and 'Je cherche' must have felt that there would be some arguments and conflicts over the exact configuration of the zones, and thus chose not to print zones on the map, but allow the map's owner to follow the progress of the negotiations and be able to map the occupation accurately. The practice of making interactive maps was not uncommon in Europe during the war. Paris-soir, a newspaper in Paris, published a map of Europe at the beginning of the war the employed the same concept, which allowed people to follow the ever-changing war fronts without depending on acquiring a new map after every new development.
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