This propaganda map, drawn by Robert M. Chapin and published in the magazine Time in 1949, shows the division of the two Germanys.
After the end of the Second World War, there was the partition of Germany between Poland, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, France and the United States. This division was consolidated, with some territories becoming permanent parts of Poland and the Soviet Union, while the current territory of Germany was divided into two.
Chapin's map shows precisely this consolidation of German territory into two Germanys. On the one hand, there is Russian Germany (which would become the German Democratic Republic), painted red in reference to its prevailing communism, illustrated only with a communist flag in Berlin. On the other hand, there is West Germany (which would become the Federal Republic of Germany), which is represented in great detail: industrial activities, agriculture, cultural references, sports.
With this discrepancy, Chapin seeks to influence public opinion, establishing a clear difference between the potential progress of West Germany and the stagnation of Russian Germany.
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