Description

Illustrierter Beobachter
Donnerstag, 5. September 1940 • 15. Jahrgang • Folge 36
Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf. GmbH, München 22
24 pages scanned

Cover Page

Caption: „Unsere Kriegsmarine von morgen: Schiffsjungen aus der Marine-HJ“ (“Our Navy of tomorrow: ship’s boys from the Naval Hitler Youth”)
Subject: Three laughing Marine-HJ (Naval Hitler Youth) boys photographed close-up from below.
Photo credit: A. Modl.

Major Headlines & Content

„Die deutschen Flieger helfen uns nur beim Äpfelschütteln!“ / Von Duff Cooper zum Lachen gechartert (“The German Airmen Only Help Us Shake the Apples!” / Chartered for Laughter by Duff Cooper) — Satirical photo feature mocking British propaganda minister Duff Cooper and the BBC. Photos show: British soldiers picking up apples in a bombed orchard (captioned as the only result of German attacks on Thames estuary installations); an Englishman reading a leaflet titled “Last Appeal to Reason by Adolf Hitler” (sold for 10 shillings); a British civilian with a dachshund; toy tanks described as British war-industry propaganda. Photos credited to A.P. and Hr. Hoffmann.

England – über sich selbst / Lebendige Sacksäcke (England – About Itself / Living Sandbags) — Photo feature on British home-defence preparations, drawn from British press photographs. Shows London railway station roofs covered with steel plate; improvised sandbag barricades with old Fords set alight as obstacles; troops planting vegetables in sandbag emplacements. Right-hand column shows foreign troops assembled on England’s southern coast: Czechs, Foreign Legionaries, French cadets, Australians, Canadians, Norwegians, and Poles described as cannon fodder.

Aden – Stadt im Krater (Aden – City in the Crater) — Two-page photo feature on Aden following the Italian conquest of British Somaliland, which placed Aden on the front line. Describes Aden (held by England for a hundred years) as strategically and economically vital for securing the Red Sea. Shows Steamer Point anchorage; the Crater district street scene; RAF headquarters; the Christian cemetery. Notes successful Italian air attacks on the port. Field report by Karl Kurt Wolter.

Täglich Bomben auf die Insel (Daily Bombs on the Island) — Two-page illustrated feature on the second phase of the Luftwaffe air campaign against England. Illustrations by Josef Lazarus show: German day fighters attacking English barrage balloons over southern England; an English “Spitfire” shot down by a German destroyer, with the pilot bailing out. Aerial photographs show a Stuka bombing attack on a British 8,000-tonne cruiser about 20 km south of Portland: the ship zigzags to escape, is hit, and sinks after a second explosion. Photo credit: R.L.M. Location: Grafschaft Suffolk; Portland.

Fröhlichkeit hilft heilen! (Cheerfulness Helps Healing!) — Photo feature on wounded soldiers from the French campaign convalescing at Prague reserve hospitals (Prager Reservelazarette), invited by NS-Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude on a steamer excursion on the Moldau. The Fliegerhorst band plays on deck. Photo credit: Gerold Grupp.

Gemüsemarkt in Beverwijk (Vegetable Market in Beverwijk) — Photo feature on the three-weekly wholesale vegetable auction at Beverwijk in Noord-Holland. Shows farmers’ carts arriving at the auction hall; buyers at pulpits watching produce; the auctioneer announcing bids via loudspeaker with an electric display board. Photo credit: Atlantic / A.C.

Fiction serial — „SOS aus Unbekannt“ (SOS from the Unknown) by Heinz Geck, 9th instalment (final). Copyright Franz Eher Nachf. G.m.b.H., München. Conclusion of the serial: Iris Crosbie, Helmut Bidering, Tonga Kid, and Pit O’Bannon escape the Master’s compound; Roxana intervenes; the Pygmy warriors pursue; the Assistant-Resident Morton arrives with his aircraft to lead the rescue. The Master’s identity and fate left open. Characters: Iris Crosbie, Helmut Bidering (revealed as the Master), Tonga Kid, Pit O’Bannon, Pereira, Salamaua Joe, Roxana, Morton (Assistant-Resident of Angoram). Locations: Bikeringstal, Angoram, Humboldtbai.
Fiction serial — „Tigernai – Die Geschichte eines modernen Piraten“ (Tiger’s Eye – The Story of a Modern Pirate) by Clemens Laar, opening instalment. Copyright Franz Eher Nachf. G.m.b.H., München. An American, Biders, and a German, Schneider, discover the Paranka Shoals – a Dutch colonial territory of some 3,000 hectares of highly fertile volcanic soil suitable for tobacco cultivation. They form the Paranka Farming and Purchase Comp. Ltd., whose director Lastro is described as a Bolivian-born multilingual Mischling of mixed background, and who manipulates the local Malay workforce and the colonial administration. Characters: Biders (American), Schneider (German), Lastro (company director), Galpar (Malay overseer), Diana Buster (Lastro’s wife), Richard Buster (her father). Locations: Paranka-Shoals, Dumas, Singapore, Hongkong, Indochina.
Science/health article — „Vollkornbrot – der Bundesgenosse der Zahnbürste“ (Wholegrain Bread – the Ally of the Toothbrush) — article on the dental benefits of wholegrain bread; promotes Chlorodont toothpaste.
Cartoon spread
Humor column
Chess column
Puzzles

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