Description
Illustrierter Beobachter
Samstag, 28. Juli 1934 · 9. Jahrgang · Folge 30
Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf. GmbH, München 22
36 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Cover Page
Caption: “Der Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler berichtete am 13. Juli dem in der Kroll-Oper zu Berlin versammelten Deutschen Reichstag über Entstehung und Niederschlagung der Meuterei vom 30. Juni.” (“Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler reported to the German Reichstag, assembled at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin on 13 July, on the origin and suppression of the mutiny of 30 June.”)
Subject: Adolf Hitler shown in profile, seated, addressing the Reichstag regarding the suppression of the so-called Röhm purge (the killings of 30 June – 2 July 1934).
Location: Kroll-Oper, Berlin.
Photo credit: Sonderaufnahme für den “J.B.” von Heinrich Hoffmann.
Major Headlines & Content
Der Führer im Reichstag (The Führer in the Reichstag) — Multi-page photo report on Hitler’s “world-historic” speech of 13 July 1934 to the Reichstag at the Kroll-Oper, justifying the suppression of the 30 June mutiny (the Röhm purge) and asserting that better 100 mutineers be destroyed than 10,000 innocent SA men be left to bleed. Named individuals: Adolf Hitler; Rudolf Heß; Reichstagspräsident Hermann Göring; Chef des Stabes Viktor Lutze; Staatssekretär Hierl; Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler; Ministerialrat Hanke; Reichsleiter Max Amann. Location: Berlin. Photo credit: Heinrich Hoffmann.
“Die Deutschen erobern England” (“The Germans Conquer England”) — Report on a visit by the German cruisers “Leipzig” and “Königsberg” to Portsmouth, the first visit by German warships to an English port since the war, with German sailors also touring London; a related item notes four German torpedo boats also visited Copenhagen. Named individuals: English Admiral Sir John Kelly. Locations: Portsmouth, London, Kopenhagen.
Vor 20 Jahren — Der Kriegsbeginn bei den anderen (Twenty Years Ago — The Outbreak of War, Seen From the Other Side) — Multi-page photo retrospective marking the 20th anniversary of the First World War’s outbreak, showing war recruitment and mobilisation scenes in Paris and London in August 1914: crowds at French military recruiting offices, an anti-German riot in Paris, colonial troops entering the war, and English recruits training at Aldershot. Locations: Paris, London, Döberitz, Aldershot.
Other Content
Feature — “Ferientage am höchsten” and “Punkt Deutschlands — Bilder von einer Zugspitzfahrt” — Photo features on summer holidaymakers sunbathing on the Schneefernerhaus terrace and riding the cable car to the summit of the Zugspitze. Photo credit: M. Berndl.
Photo feature — “Deutsche Familie” — Single photograph of a farming family resting during the harvest. Photo credit: E. Hase.
Fiction serial — “Die Männer mit den harten Herzen” by Karl Kossak-Raytenau (10th instalment). Continuation of a novel involving characters Miller, Boyer, Alexander Ray, Inge Isterloh, Mary, “Baron,” Volle, Heide, and Eva Sand. Locations: Wien, Kochelsee, Berlin, London. Continues in a following issue.
Feature — “Das Grausen des Schwarzen Todes” — Illustrated historical feature marking 300 years since a severe outbreak of plague in southern Germany, covering medieval responses to the Black Death, plague doctors, superstition, and witch persecution; connects the period to the origin of the Oberammergau Passion Play. Text by Dora Hansmann.
Science article — “Die ‘Hundstage’” by W. Naegler — Article on the astronomical and calendrical origins of the ‘dog days’ of summer, tracing the tradition to ancient Egyptian and Greek observations of Sirius.
Feature — “Eine Jugenderinnerung” by Alois Hinterholzer — Nostalgic personal reminiscence about a childhood memory involving the family’s plush sofa and the narrator’s father.
Humour column — “Rache” by Jo Hanns Rösler and “Schnurren” — A short anecdote about a post-office queue dispute in Leipzig, followed by a page of short jokes and anecdotes signed W.F.
Cartoon spread — “Die eifrigen Retter” and “Wassersport in der Hundstagshitze” — A comic strip about a bungled boat rescue, signed “Tes.”, plus additional single-panel jokes; and a separate illustrated humour feature on the mishaps of amateur sailors during the summer heat.
Photo feature — “Badefreuden — vor 20 Jahren” — Nostalgic photo feature contrasting old-fashioned 1910s beachwear and seaside customs with the present day; includes historic photographs from Norderney.
Puzzles — Kreuzworträtsel, Silbenrätsel, Geographisches Zahlenrätsel, Vorsetzrätsel, Magische Figur, Rösselsprung, Verschmelzungsrätsel, and further short riddles; a chess corner (Schachbeobachter) with problems by Winand Knapp and Richard Fröhlich and game analysis from the 1934 Hamburg championship tournament. Solutions to the previous issue’s (Folge 29) puzzles are also printed.
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