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Illustrierter Beobachter – Number 21, May 26, 1934

Scanned pages: 40 | Instant PDF download

German illustrated weekly magazine published by the Nazi Party (Verlag Frz. Eher Nachf.), digitized.

Cover

Photographic cover titled “Die Kamera als Maler: Gartenarbeit” (“The Camera as Painter: Gardening”), showing a young woman watering flowers in a garden.

Main Articles

“Frühlingsfahrt übers Meer”

Photo-report on a Kraft durch Freude (“Strength Through Joy”) vacation cruise of workers aboard the ship “Dresden.”

Photos credited to W. Wiesebach.

“Frauen und Kinder in aller Welt lernen schießen”

Photo feature on paramilitary weapons training for women and children in various countries (Russia, Italy, USA, England, Holland, Japan).

“Sturmflut in Norwegen”

Aerial photo-report on catastrophic flooding near Drontheim, Norway, caused by rapid snowmelt.

“Ostpommerns älteste Bauerngeschlechter werden geehrt”

Report on a ceremony in Starkow honoring old East Pomeranian farming families, attended by Reich Peasant Leader Walther Darré.

“Die Männer mit den harten Herzen”

First installment of a serialized novel by Karl Kossak-Raytenau, about a sensationalist reporter (Max Bolle) investigating an inventor, Georg Heinrich Ifferloh.

Author: Karl Kossak-Raytenau; photo credited to A. Hess (for accompanying deer photograph);.

“Unbekanntes über das Schillsche Korps”

Historical article marking the 125th anniversary (May 31) of the death of Ferdinand von Schill, recounting the fate of officers and soldiers of his Freikorps.

Author: Kurt Remuss.

“Der alte Heini”

Short story about an old rag-and-bone collector who sells his corpse in advance to a surgeon in exchange for a monthly pension, with a twist ending.

Author: H. v. Langermann.

“Anekdoten vom Alten Fritz”

Collection of humorous historical anecdotes about Frederick the Great (Friedrich der Große).

Contributor initials given as “W.” and “C. G. v. M.”; no war correspondent credited; no photo credits; no pilots named.

“Sie tragen 300 Zentner!”

Popular-science article on the effect of atmospheric pressure and weather on the human body.

Author: Dr. L. Albert; no war correspondent credited.

“Die Glücksboten”

Short story about an architect, Peter Grundel, and his wife Barbara, who receive an unexpected letter bringing good news.

Author: Heinrich Zerkaulen.

“Lebensmittel unter Gas”

Article on new gas-based food preservation techniques, including cold-storage of eggs under carbon-dioxide/nitrogen atmospheres.

Author credited as “Dr. Fr.”

“Die Leibgarde des Königs von Dänemark”

Photo-report on the Royal Life Guard of the King of Denmark in Copenhagen, their uniforms, barracks, and daily routine.

Credited to the magazine’s own special correspondent (“unser Sonderberichterstatter”), who obtained rare access from the Guard’s commandant.

“Bussana – die tote Stadt”

Feature on Bussana Vecchia, the “dead city” near San Remo, Italy, destroyed by an earthquake in 1887 and left abandoned.