Illustrierter Beobachter 1941 06 12 nr 24 (PDF)
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Illustrierter Beobachter

  1. Jahrgang / Folge 24 / München / Donnerstag, 12. Juni 1941

24 pages scanned

Names

  • Badoglio, Pietro (Marschall / Maréchal — Italian Marshal; mentioned in Hochwald story as visiting Panzer unit prior to the war, observed by Steiner’s group)
  • Bohlen, Maria (photographer — credited for photos in Deutsche Jugend in Italien article)
  • Boncourt, Paul (French politician — mentioned in Hochwald story as having been observed at Maginot Line)
  • Diebow, Hans (Dr. — deputy editor-in-chief; named in masthead)
  • Felicioni (Nationalrat / Consigliere Nazionale — president of Dante Alighieri society; present at Rome handover ceremony)
  • Furtwängler, Wilhelm (conductor — photographed with Clemens Krauß discussing concert and opera plans for coming season)
  • Gamelins (French general — referenced in Hochwald story; reportedly spoke of the Maginot Line with great pride)
  • Gladstone (British politician — referenced in anti-British propaganda cartoons about Ireland, depicted in Punch caricatures)
  • Grauert (Generaloberst — Luftwaffe general and corps commander killed in action against England; posthumously awarded Knight’s Cross)
  • Hartmann, Hans H. (author — byline for serialized article ‘Das steinerne Herz Frankreichs’)
  • Hitler, Adolf (Führer — met with Mussolini at the Brenner Pass on June 2, 1941)
  • Hoffmann, Heinrich (photographer — credited for Brenner Pass meeting photos)
  • Huber, Emerich (cartoonist — illustrated Pfingsten holiday humor page)
  • John Bull (Dr. — allegorical British character in anti-English caricatures about Ireland)
  • Keitel, Wilhelm (Generalfeldmarschall — Chief of OKW; shown in conversation with Mussolini at Brenner meeting)
  • Koch (PK photographer — credited for Krakow ghetto article photos)
  • Kossatz (cartoonist — credited for humor page cartoon ‘Fritzchen macht eine Aushilfsfahrt’)
  • Krauß, Clemens (conductor — photographed with Wilhelm Furtwängler discussing upcoming concert and opera season)
  • List, Herbert (photographer — credited in Bilder vom Tage photo credits)
  • Loder, Dietrich (Hauptschriftleiter — editor-in-chief; named in masthead)
  • Lütjens (Flottenchef Admiral — fleet commander who went down with battleship Bismarck; his final message to OKW quoted)
  • Mussolini, Benito (Il Duce — met with Hitler at Brenner Pass on June 2, 1941; also in conversation with Keitel)
  • Ritter von Speck (General — led his corps personally against the enemy in western campaigns; awarded Knight’s Cross to Iron Cross)
  • Roth (SS-PK photographer — credited for Nauplion harbor photos)
  • Salvatori, Carlo (photographer — credited in Bilder vom Tage photo credits)
  • Schosi (PK photographer — credited alongside Koch for Krakow ghetto photos)
  • Siebert, Ludwig (Ministerpräsident — President of the German Academy; handed over Goethe bust to Dante Alighieri society in Rome)
  • Simon (Unteroffizier / sous-officier — referenced in Hochwald serialized story as accompanying Vandenbosch)
  • Steiner (character in Hochwald story — German engineer and narrator figure at Maginot Line fortification)
  • Trapp (PK photographer — credited for low-level flying article photos)
  • Vandenbosch (Unteroffizier — referenced in Hochwald serialized story alongside Leutnant Simon)

Locations

  • Atlantik / Atlantischer Ozean (Atlantic Ocean — main theater of U-boat warfare; feature article ‘Die Schlacht im Atlantik’)
  • Australien (Australia — Empire troops captured at Nauplion identified as from Australia, New Zealand, Cyprus)
  • Brenner (Brenner Pass, Austria/Italy border — site of Hitler-Mussolini summit meeting on June 2, 1941)
  • Cavalla / Kavala (Greece — old well photo caption; tobacco-growing region)
  • Cypern (Cyprus — Empire troops captured at Nauplion identified as partly from Cyprus)
  • Elsass (Alsace, France — central setting of Hochwald serialized story; Alsatian workers at Maginot Line)
  • England (England / United Kingdom — target of Luftwaffe reprisal raids; British fleet losses in Atlantic; anti-Irish propaganda context)
  • Florenz / Firenze (Florence, Italy — German youth delegation received at Palazzo Pitti; Piccole Italiane dance performance)
  • Frankreich (France — general reference in Atlantic battle, Maginot Line story, and Irish propaganda articles)
  • Golf von Korinth (Gulf of Corinth, Greece — crossed by Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during British retreat)
  • Griechenland (Greece — feature article on British flight from Greece; Fallschirmjäger operations)
  • Hagenau (Haguenau, Alsace — location where French POWs assembled in Hochwald story)
  • Irland / Hibernia (Ireland — main subject of anti-British propaganda article about English oppression of Irish)
  • Italien (Italy — Hitler-Mussolini Brenner summit; Deutsche Jugend in Italien article; Dante Alighieri society ceremony in Rome)
  • Krakau (Kraków, Poland — feature article on completion of Jewish ghetto wall and resettlement)
  • London (London, England — referenced as British capital under Luftwaffe bombing raids)
  • Maginot-Linie (Maginot Line, France — main setting of serialized Hochwald story ‘Das steinerne Herz Frankreichs’)
  • Mailand / Milano (Milan, Italy — German gymnastics group distributed gifts to wounded soldiers)
  • Montecatini (Montecatini, Italy — gymnastics competition referenced in Deutsche Jugend in Italien)
  • Nauplion / Nauplia (Nafplio, Greece — harbor where British Empire troops surrendered; key location in British flight article)
  • Neuseeland (New Zealand — Empire troops captured at Nauplion identified as partly from New Zealand)
  • Peloponnes (Peloponnese, Greece — location where abandoned British anti-aircraft gun found)
  • Polen (Poland — implied location of Krakow ghetto article)
  • Rom / Roma (Rome, Italy — ceremony between German Academy and Dante Alighieri society; Krauß and Furtwängler photo taken there)
  • Turin (Turin, Italy — rooftop parade at children’s home in honor of German youth visitors)
  • Yonne (Yonne River, France — location where General Ritter von Speck’s pioneer officer drew enemy fire at bridge)

Units

  • Dante Alighieri Gesellschaft (Italian cultural society — received Goethe bust from German Academy president Siebert in Rome)
  • Deutsche Akademie (German Academy — presented Goethe bust to Dante Alighieri society; represented by Ministerpräsident Siebert)
  • Deutsche Luftwaffe (German Air Force — reprisal bombing raids on British cities; Generaloberst Grauert’s Fliegerkorps featured)
  • Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers — captured Corinth; single company engaged retreating British at Nauplion harbor)
  • Fliegerkorps (Luftwaffe corps — commanded by Generaloberst Grauert, killed in action against England)
  • Hitlerjugend / HJ (Hitler Youth — reciprocal visit to Italy; gymnastics and cultural performances article)
  • Kriegsmarine (German Navy — U-boat fleet; fleet under Admiral Lütjens; battleship Bismarck sunk)
  • Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS division — crossed Gulf of Corinth despite all difficulties, advanced to Corinth in British retreat article)
  • OKW — Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht — final message from Bismarck received; Keitel as chief)
  • Piccole Italiane (Italian Fascist girls’ organization — performed dance for German youth delegation in Florence)
  • SS-Kriegsberichter / PK (Propaganda Company war reporters — photo credits throughout issue; Trapp, Koch, Roth named)