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HARDBOUND ISSUES OF ALL ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG ISSUES PUBLISHED BETWEEN 6 JULY - 28 SEPTEMBER 1939 INCLUDING THE INVASION OF POLAND
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| The rare oversized heavily illustrated diplomatic activity and news magazine Illustrirte Zeitung (also written Jllustrirte in German) was published weekly by Verlag J. J. Weber in Leipzig for a very long time before the National Socialists were elected to power in Germany. “Germany’s oldest illustrated weekly magazine” prided itself on providing “the best coverage of Germany’s economy and culture” and contained lots of general news pictures and diplomatic and foreign policy news. It was the semi-official record of what went on in the Diplomatic Service and at the highest echelon of German government. The excellent editorial content was always supplemented with big, sharp photographs as well as illustrations and art in color and black & white, and all printed on high-quality white paper. |
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Above, a remarkle image of artists applying gold-leaf
to the huge swastika to be placed on top of
the Grandstand of the Zeppelin Field!
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Other photos show English barrage balloons, black French soldiers, Generaloberst von Brauchitsch at Tannenberg, the SA Reichswettkampf (SA sport championships attended by Viktor Lutze and Rudolf Hess) in Berlin, Dr. Ley at the foundation stone ceremony for the new Nazi housing settlement north of Berlin (11,500 houses were planned!), Dr. Goebbels at the Berlin Broadcast Exhibition (shown left, with a Volksempfänger), .....
Over the years USMBOOKS has offered many different examples of Illustrirte Zeitung, single magazines and bound volumes. This is a 10-3/4 x 14-5/8 inch, 1 inch thick hardbound book containing all weekly issues published between 6 July 1939 and 28 September 1939, with approximately 395 heavily illustrated pages. These thirteen issues of Illustrirte Zeitung were bound with without their covers. However, the front cover illustration by Rudolf Lipius of the 27 July issue (commemorating World War I) was used on the front hardcover of this bound book.
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Above & Left, pictures from the official state visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Dr. Kiosseivanoff to Berlin.
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| The 31 August 1939 issue of Illustrirte Zeitung has coverage of the Non-Aggression Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. It has photos of Adolf Hitler, Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, Joseph Stalin, Hermann Göring and other important dignitaries. It also has news about the fate of the 80,000 Volksdeutschen or ethnic Germans in Poland, the strategic importance of the Weichsel River (now called the Vistula), Wehrmacht preparations (below) and rare pictures of Hitler Youth and SS troops, Gauleiter Forster and Dr. Frank in Danzig. |
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The content is remarkable! Looking through the book is like having a front row seat during the lead-up and the start of World War II with chapters titled “There will never be another Treaty of Versailles” and “Hitler liberates the German East”. |
| The September issues of Illustrirte Zeitung contain lots of news updates about the fate of ethnic Germans in Poland (shown left), the return of Danzig to the Reich, photos of the Wehrmacht invasion of Poland, Adolf Hitler visiting the front lines and wounded soldiers, military equipment and troops, strategic advances shown on maps, etc. |
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| The 27 July 1939 Illustrirte Zeitung commemorates the 25th anniversary of World War I. The historic timeline is accompanied by beautiful period illustrations (many in color) of Hindenburg, the trenches, soldiers in battle, airplanes, naval ships and artillery. |
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Above, one of many pictures that accompany the article about modern military sea planes and their coastal bases.
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| There are photos of taken during diplomatic meetings and receptions including Dr. Robert Ley, Admiral Raeder, Konrad Henlein, Dr. Hans Frank, Julius Dorpmüller, Gauleiter Mutschmann, Staatsminister Dr. Frick, SA Stabchef Lutze, Count Ciano at the Berghof, Luftwaffe Generals Udet and Milch and many others. |
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Above & Right, advertising by Nuremberg toy
manufacturers Trix and Schuco.
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Below, images from the article about England’s Army and the change from voluntary to obligatory military service.
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Issue 4928 of Illustrirte Zeitung is all about the city of Nürnberg and the Nazi Party Days. It has stunning photos of colossal new structures (finished and under construction) at the Reichsparteitaggelände (visited by Albert Speer and Adolf Hitler), tourism in Nuremberg, art by Albrecht Dürer (some in color), the new city zoo, etc. Special advertising by companies located in Nuremberg include Schuco and Trix toys, TeKaDe, Lebkuchen, Triumph typewriters, and many beer brewers and beer halls. Subsequent magazines don’t have photo coverage of the huge event as it was canceled due the outbreak of the war.
| .... Magda Goebbels singing with her children Helga, Hilde, Holde and Helmut, Adolf Hitler, Gerdy Troost, Dr. Joseph Goebbels and Italian Minister of Culture Dino Alfieri during the opening of the 3rd Greater German Art Exhibition at the House of German Art in Munich (photo below), Dr. Ley and Hermann Göring at the 5th KdF Congress in Hamburg, Joseph and Magda Goebbels at the opening of the Salzburg Festival, etc., etc. |
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| There are many full-page reproductions of fine watercolor paintings by Rudolf Lipius (Gebirgsjäger machine gun position, below), Albert Cuyp, Hermann Gradl, Hans von Hattingberg, Hans Burgkmair and Rudolf Poeschmann. There are dozens and dozens of striking black & white illustrations as well throughout these Third Reich issues of Illustrirte Zeitung. |
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Above, Adolf Hitler receives an update of the
battle at the frontlines in Poland
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| The original advertising (some in color) was also bound into this book and is by well-known companies such as by Leica, Hensoldt, Zeiss-Ikon, Gillette, Leitz, AEG, Zündapp, 4711, Agfa, Miele, NSV, Dr. Oetker, Nivea, Allianz, Hansaplast, Dresdner Bank, and many other companies still in business today. |
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Above, General von Reichenau and SS-Untersturmführer Bramfeld with winner throphies at military sport championships at Wunsdorf.
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While we can not be absolutely certain that every page in every historical 1939 Illustrirte Zeitung magazine is there, we did not notice any missing, or any pictures cut out or significant damage to the nearly 5 pound hardcover book while making the photos for this web page.
Very nice used condition, no odor.
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| Other news covered in these 85 year old news magazines is England’s Army (from voluntary service to obligatory service), race problems in the USA (Jews, Negros, Indians, Japanese and Chinese citizens), Italian soldier memorials in northern Italy, improved child care in Nazi Germany, modern military sea planes and their new coastal bases, the role of the Technische Nothilfe (TeNo), the National Garden Show in Stuttgart, the official state visit of Bulgarian Prime Minister Dr. Kiosseivanoff to Berlin (with extensive photo coverage including his visit to Hermann Goering’s Carinhall), the modernization of the city of Belgrade (architecture, industry, tourism, fashion), high-altitude training for Wehrmacht mountaineers, Dr. Joseph Goebbels at the premier of the German movie Robert Koch at the Venice Film Festival (shown below), Nazi Germany’s economic ties with South-East Europe, German mountain climbers in the Himalayas, Shakespeare in Berlin theaters, the clear goal of Germanic art, the work of sculptor Felix Kupsch (right), etc., etc. |
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| There are photos of taken during public events, diplomatic meetings and receptions that show high-ranking Nazis like Dr. Robert Ley, Admiral Raeder, Konrad Henlein, Dr. Hans Frank, Julius Dorpmüller, Gauleiter Mutschmann, Staatsminister Dr. Frick, SA Stabchef Lutze, Luftwaffe Generals Udet and Milch and many others. |
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Below, Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop and Joseph Stalin during negotiations for the Non-Aggression Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
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Above, the funeral of Italian Admiral Constanzo Ciano in Livorno on 18 July 1939. His son, Italian Foreign Minister
Galeazzo Ciano was there with his wife Edda, the
daughter
of Benito Mussolini who was also in attandance.
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This hardbound book containing historic July-September 1939 issues of
Illustrirte
Zeitung is for sale
for $295.00 plus postage (see options below).
USM book #1419a
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ORIGINAL 1939
ILLUSTRIRTE ZEITUNG
HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED
NAZI NEWS MAGAZINES - HARDBOUND IN A 4-½ POUND BOOK WITH 395 PAGES
