Description
Illustrierter Beobachter
Donnerstag, 18. Juli 1940 • 15. Jahrgang • Folge 29
Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf. GmbH, München 22
24 pages scanned
Cover Page
Caption: „So sieht die Freiheit Ägyptens in Wirklichkeit aus“ (“This is what Egypt’s freedom really looks like”)
Subject: Two Sudanese soldiers of the British Army carrying hippopotamus-hide whips, marching through a street in Cairo. A British sergeant and Arab bystanders visible in background. The caption frames the image as exposing the reality of British colonial rule in Egypt.
Location: Kairo (Cairo), Egypt.
Photo credit: Schaefer [partially legible].
Major Headlines & Content
Ewige Deutsche Kunst — Arno Breker zum 40. Geburtstag (Eternal German Art — Arno Breker on his 40th Birthday) — Birthday tribute to Professor Arno Breker (sculptor), featuring his monumental relief „Kameradschaft“ (Comradeship), designed for a major building on the Nord-Süd-Achse in Berlin, ten metres high in green granite. Also shows Breker at work on an oversize marble bust of the Führer, intended for the Reichsaußenministerium. Photo credit: not stated.
Paris in guter Obhut (Paris Well Cared For) — Photo spread covering the return of refugees to Paris after over two million inhabitants had fled the city during the French campaign. German forces credited with enabling the return. Continues on p. 715 with photographs of: Reichsminister Dr. Goebbels and his party inspecting monuments in Paris, including the Schloss von Versailles and Notre-Dame de Paris; Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring departing the Hotel Ritz, Paris, during an inspection tour; and German troops in the city streets. Photo credit: Helmuth Kurth.
Der deutsche Vorsprung III — Vor allem die Jugend! (The German Lead III — Above All, the Youth!) — Third instalment of a special photo report by Joachim Senckpiehl and Dr. Ludwig Kühle. Covers Hitler-Jugend (HJ) glider training for fourteen- and fifteen-year-olds, and the HJ health programme overseen by HJ-Ärzte. Also includes a feature on Strömungsforschung (aerodynamic flow research) at the Aerodynamische Versuchsanstalt, Göttingen, demonstrating wind-tunnel testing of aircraft profiles and applications to Wasserstraßen (waterways) engineering. Photo credits: Senckpiehl, Dr. Homann, Ruprecht.
Deutsche Forscher finden Rohstofflager in unserm Boden (German Researchers Find Raw Material Deposits in Our Soil) — Feature on German seismic survey methods to locate underground raw material deposits across Deutschland. Describes mobile survey teams using controlled explosions at 20-metre depth and seismograph recording. Photo credit: not stated.
Vom Kuppelwirt zum Lord (From Procurer to Lord) — Antisemitic propaganda spread alleging Jewish control of the British press and aristocracy. Named individuals: Lord Henry Melchett jun. (head of the English chemical trust, i.e. ICI); Lady Rothschild; Frau Nathan Laski; Lord Weir (described as English shipping magnate); Lord Camrose-Berry (described as newspaper magnate); Lord Melchett of Langford (identified as Alfred Mond); R. D. Blumenfeld (described as editor of the Daily Express); Lady Reading (wife of Rufus Isaacs, Lord Reading, described as former Viceroy of India); Chaim Weizmann (described as Zionist leader who had met Churchill regarding Palestine); Sir Philip Sassoon; Sir Victor Sassoon; Isidor Ostrer, Mark Ostrer, and Moritz Ostrer (described as Polish-born brothers owning hundreds of British cinemas and music halls); former British War Minister Hore-Belisha. Photo credits: Weltbild (10), Associated Press (2).
Der deutsche Flugzeugkonstrukteur Ernst Heinkel (The German Aircraft Designer Ernst Heinkel) — Profile of Professor Ernst Heinkel, recipient of the Deutschen Nationalpreises, at his Ernst-Heinkel-Flugzeugwerke in Warnemünde. Shows Heinkel in daily morning exercise, wind-tunnel model testing, discussion with Technischer Direktor Lusser, and inspection of the He 111 with Chefpilot Nitschke and Direktor Hann. Betriebsdirektor Hayn also named. Photo credit: Weltbild.
Other Content
Fiction serial — „SOS aus Unbekannt“ (SOS from the Unknown) by Heinz Geck (2nd instalment). Adventure novel. Main characters: Iris Crosbie (American aviator), Paul Fleuron (engineer), Batil (Papuan girl), Tonga (sailor), Kapitän Wassema. Locations: Neu-Guinea, Matapui valley (Bideringtal), Cornelis Roosebooms Bar, Prinz-Alexander-Gebirge. Continues across multiple pages.
Science article — „Strömungsforschung formt Flugzeugprofile“ (Flow Research Shapes Aircraft Profiles) — Continuation of aerodynamics feature. Wind-tunnel experiments and significance for aircraft wing design. Photo credits: Senckpiehl, Dr. Homann.
Film feature — „Ein Geist, der sich nicht fesseln ließ — Schiller-Film der Tobis“ (A Spirit That Would Not Be Shackled — Tobis Schiller Film). Photo spread from Tobis production depicting the young Friedrich Schiller at the Karlsschule under Herzog Carl Eugen von Württemberg. Actors: Horst Caspar (young Schiller), Paul Dahlke (Feldwebel Rieß), Hannelore Schroth (Laura). Photo credit: Tobis-Wesel.
Cartoon spread
Humour column
Puzzles
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