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Illustrierter Beobachter
Donnerstag, 9. Juli 1936 · 11. Jahrgang · Folge 28
Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf. GmbH, München 22
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Cover Page
Caption: “1926–1936. Nach der Ankunft in Weimar: Um den Führer scharen sich wie vor zehn Jahren die alten Mitkämpfer” (“1926–1936. After the arrival in Weimar: the old comrades gather around the Führer as they did ten years ago”)
Subject: Adolf Hitler stands in an open car, saluting, surrounded by SA/SS men and a crowd, marking the tenth anniversary of the 1926 Weimar party rally.
Location: Weimar.
Photo credit: Aufnahme für den „J. B.“ vom Bayer. Bildbericht-Fischer.
Major Headlines & Content
Zehnjährige Wiederkehr des Reichsparteitages in Weimar (Tenth Anniversary of the Weimar Party Rally) — Extensive photo coverage of the tenth-anniversary commemoration of the 1926 Weimar Reichsparteitag, including Hitler’s arrival by train, marches of old SA veterans bearing the „Blutfahne,“ and ceremonies at the Nationaltheater and Schloßpark Tiefurt. Named individuals: Adolf Hitler (Führer), SS-Sturmbannführer Grimminger (bearer of the Blutfahne), Rudolf Heß (Stellvertreter des Führers), Reichsstatthalter und Gauleiter Fritz Sauckel, Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, Stabschef Viktor Lutze, SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, Reichspropagandaleiter Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach, Intendant Staatsrat Dr. Ziegler. Locations: Weimar, Schloßpark Tiefurt. Photo credit: Heinrich Hoffmann, Bayer. Bildbericht-Fischer.
Bilderbogen aus Genf (Picture Sheet from Geneva) — Photo spread from the League of Nations in Geneva, showing chained-effigy protest props referencing Ethiopia, and portraits of delegates. Named individuals: Kaiser Haile Selassie (Negus of Ethiopia, addressing the League), Joseph Avenol (Secretary-General of the League of Nations), Léon Blum (French Prime Minister), Maxim Litwinow (Soviet Foreign Commissar). Location: Genf (Geneva). Photo credit: Weltbild, Presse-Bild-Zentrale.
Heidelberg feiert die 550 Jahr-Feier seiner Universität (Heidelberg Celebrates the 550th Anniversary of its University) — Coverage of the 550th-anniversary celebrations of Heidelberg University (Ruperto-Carola), including an illuminated night view of the castle, a wreath-laying at the Ehrenfriedhof, and a reception in the Königssaal. Named individuals: Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter Robert Wagner, General Geyer, Reichsminister Franz Seldte, Reichserziehungsminister Bernhard Rust, Rektor Prof. Dr. Groh, badischer Kultusminister Dr. Wacker (in SS-Standartenführer uniform), Reichsminister Dr. Joseph Goebbels, Rektor der Universität Münster Professor Kugelmann, Staatssekretär Dr. Otto Meißner, General Schobert. Location: Heidelberg. Photo credit: Heinrich Hoffmann, Weltbild.
Gedenken an den Reichsgründer König Heinrich I. in Quedlinburg (Commemoration of the Reich Founder King Heinrich I in Quedlinburg) — Report on the 1000th anniversary commemoration of King Heinrich I’s death, including Hitler decorating a Hitlerjunge who had saved several children’s lives, and a speech by Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler in the Heinrichs-Krypta. Named individuals: Adolf Hitler, Hitlerjunge Ernst Fiebiger (honoured with a gold watch), Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler, Wilhelm Frick, Walther Darré, Rudolf Heß, Robert Ley, Hans Frank, Baldur von Schirach. Location: Quedlinburg. Photo credit: Heinrich Hoffmann, Weltbild.
Was dem Fremden in Berlin auffällt (What Strikes the Foreigner in Berlin) — Feature on aspects of Berlin life notable to visitors ahead of the Olympic Games: the redesigned Unter den Linden, balcony culture, flower stalls, tent camps for day-trippers, rooftop cafés, and street newspaper vendors. Locations: Berlin, Unter den Linden, Brandenburger Tor. Photo credit: Alice Hess.
SA ist eingesetzt zur Rettung des deutschen Waldes vor der Gefahr des Borkenkäfers (SA Deployed to Save the German Forest from the Danger of the Bark Beetle) — Report on ten thousand SA men of Brigade 49 clearing bark-beetle-damaged wood and burning brushwood across a 30-kilometre front in the Taunus forest. Location: Taunus, Hessen. Photo credit: Hermann A. Metzler.
Banditen-Krieg gegen Japan und Mandschukuo (Bandit War against Japan and Manchukuo) — Photo report on bandit attacks on railways in Manchuria, showing a derailed train, a fortified railway tunnel, captured bandits, and Japanese officers in a wrecked dining car; background on the scale of banditry since 1931. Locations: Kirin–Tunghwo railway line, Manchuria. Photo credit: Oskar Milbach.
Olympia-Mobilmachung in fünf Erdteilen: II. Amerika und Afrika (Olympic Mobilisation on Five Continents: II. America and Africa) — Second instalment surveying Olympic preparations in the Americas and Africa ahead of the Berlin Games, profiling American and South African athletes. Named individuals: Eddie Tolan O’Brien (USA sprinter), Peter Fick (USA swimmer), Jesse Owens (USA), Archie Williams (USA), Gordon Dunn (USA discus), H. A. Gibson (South Africa, distance running). Locations: Los Angeles, Amsterdam, South Africa. Photo credit: Schirner.
Other Content
Fiction serial — “Die Bar zum Siebenten Himmel” by Hugo Maria Kritz (5. Fortsetzung / fifth instalment). Continues the Berlin-set romantic comedy story of Kubowski’s household, their lodger Charlott, and the nightclub „Siebenter Himmel,“ involving characters Jan, Bonzo, Neuhäuser, Robert, Karl, and Mutti. Locations: Berlin, Spandau.
Science article — “Auf der Spur der Vorzeit” by Dr. Walter Orth — discusses an ancient Roman wine flask found near Speyer, prehistoric Germanic beer and mead recipes, five-thousand-year-old food residue, and a Hallstatt-era milk droplet, examined via microscope at the Berlin Völkerkundemuseum.
Illustrated supplement — “Zehnjährige Wiederkehr des Reichsparteitages in Weimar, 3.–5. Juli 1936” — an eight-page Sonderbeilage with extensive photo coverage of the Weimar anniversary events: Hitler’s train arrival, the march of the Standarten, the wreath-laying, Hitler’s speech in the Schloß, the ground-breaking for the “Platz des Führers,” and the Wehrmacht/Luftwaffe review. Named individuals: Adolf Hitler, Rudolf Heß, Reichsstatthalter Fritz Sauckel, Heinrich Himmler, Sepp Dietrich, Viktor Lutze, Joseph Goebbels, Wilhelm Frick, Robert Ley, Julius Streicher, Konstantin Hierl, Korpsführer Hühnlein, Ministerpräsident Marschler. Location: Weimar (Schloßpark Tiefurt, Hotel Elephant). Photo credit: Heinrich Hoffmann, Weltbild, Bayer. Bildbericht-Fischer.
Historical essay — “Die Emigranten der Französischen Revolution” by Egbert v. Xylander — an account of French royalist émigrés in Koblenz, England and elsewhere after 1789. Named individuals: König Ludwig XVI, Graf von Provence (later Ludwig XVIII), Graf von Artois (later Karl X), Herzog Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand von Braunschweig, Prinz von Condé, Kaiser Leopold II, König Friedrich Wilhelm II von Preußen. Locations: Koblenz, Trier, Worms, Pillnitz, Rheinland.
Humour column — „Humor“ — a page of short jokes and anecdotes accompanied by a cartoon strip, on themes of everyday domestic and social mishaps.
Anecdote — “Das Hungermahl von Carbonara” by Otto Anthes — an anecdote about Prinz Eugen and the Battle of Luzzara. Location: Carbonara, Italy.
Anecdote — “Münchhausens Niederlage” (“Münchhausen’s Defeat”) — a short tale about Baron Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen recounted in his final years in Kurland. Location: Kurland.
Photo feature — “Die Kamera erklettert die Dachstein-Südwand” — a photo report documenting a climb of the south face of the Dachstein by brothers Georg and Franz Steiner, the first ascent covered by camera. Location: Dachstein, Steiermark. Photo credit: Weltrundschau.
Feature map — “Die Dardanellen-Meerenge” — an illustrated relief map of the Dardanelles Strait showing historic crossing and battle sites (Xerxes 480 B.C., Alexander the Great 334 B.C., the 1356 Turkish crossing, Troy, and the Gallipoli campaign of 1915–16). Locations: Gallipoli, Abydos, Troja, Kilid Bahr, Sedd-il-Bahr. Illustration by Professor Zeno Diemer.
Photo feature — “Mit dem Indio auf dem Kotflügel zur höchsten Hauptstadt der Welt: Eine Fahrt durch die mexikanische Hochebene” — a travel report describing a car journey across the Mexican high plateau to Mexico City, guided by an Indio riding on the fender, with views of Popocatépetl and Mexico City’s Zócalo. Locations: Mexico, Popocatépetl, Mexico-City. Photo credit: Weltrundschau.
Sports feature — “Olympische Fanfaren: Erinnerungen an große Siege und Kämpfe” by Richard Volderauer — a retrospective on notable Olympic victories and contests, including Hungary’s 1928 water-polo triumph over Germany and Japan’s rise in swimming. Locations: Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Budapest, Ungarn, Japan.
Short story — “Das Radiermesser” (“The Eraser Knife”) by Ernst Hermann Pichnow — a school story about a class essay competition on honesty, involving pupils Hendrich and Köster and their teacher Professor Strube.
Anecdote column — “Seltsame Nachrichtendokumente” by Erich Grisar — a piece on unusual historical methods of sending messages, from Darius I’s inscribed cliff face to modern skywriting.
Science notes — “Kurzberichte aus der Wissenschaft” — short items on light-years, electricity generation from gas, and the extreme temperature of a newly discovered nova (Nova Herculis Nr. 1).
Chess column — „Schachbeobachter“ — a chess problem, game analyses (Orthodox Queen’s Gambit, Sicilian Defence), and previous solutions.
Puzzles — „Rätsel“ — crossword, numerical riddle (Zahlenrätsel), magic square, knight’s-move puzzle (Rößlersprung), syllable puzzles. Solutions to the previous issue’s puzzles also printed.
Sports report — “Rennen mit 1 und 100 Pferdekräften” — coverage of the Grand Prix du Club de France motor race (a fiery crash involving driver Colas Faizhy) and a 3000-metre horse race for a 1-million-franc prize.
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