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Illustrierter Beobachter

16. Jahrgang / Folge 26 / München / Donnerstag, 26. Juni 1941

24 pages scanned

Names

• Ahrens (PK photographer — credited for photo of Dietrich and Meyer)
• Antonescu, Ion (General — Romanian head of state; visited Hitler; shown with Keitel in background)
• Billhardt (PK photographer — credited for Stuka commander photo on African airfield)
• Bohle (Gauleiter — NSDAP Auslandsorganisation; shown in Agram/Zagreb being received by Pavelitch)
• Böhmer (PK photographer — credited for ‘Was uns in Frankreich auffällt’ article photos)
• Böttcher, Helmuth M. (author — byline for short story ‘Tierfreunde’)
• Diebow, Hans (Dr. — deputy editor-in-chief; named in masthead)
• Diel, Josef (author — byline for short story ‘Fräulein Briefträger’)
• Dietrich, Sepp (SS-Obergruppenführer — commander of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler; photographed with Kurt Meyer)
• Erb (Professor — character in humor section joke about medical students)
• Flagg, James Montgomery (American illustrator — credited for caricature of La Guardia in US war propaganda article)
• Frowein, Eberhard (author — announced as writer of forthcoming serialized novel ‘Übermorgen muß ich fort’)
• Heß, Alice (photographer — credited for Deutsche Akademie in Rom / Villa Massimo article)
• Hitler, Adolf (Führer — received Romanian General Antonescu; shown in photo with Keitel)
• Hoffmann (Hr. — photographer credit; Presseamt AO)
• Hofmann-Wellenhof, Otto (author — byline for humor article ‘Witzfiguren gehen auf Sommerfrische’)
• Huber, Emerich (cartoonist — illustrated ‘Sonnsonntag!’ beach humor page and Pfingsten holiday page)
• Keitel, Wilhelm (Generalfeldmarschall — shown behind Hitler during Antonescu visit)
• Kienle, Georg (advertising director — named in masthead)
• Kossatz (cartoonist — credited for humor page acrobat drawing)
• La Guardia, Fiorello (New York City mayor — subject of anti-American propaganda caricature by Flagg)
• Loder, Dietrich (Hauptschriftleiter — editor-in-chief; named in masthead)
• Meyer, Kurt (SS-Sturmbannführer — awarded Knight’s Cross to Iron Cross by Hitler; photographed with Dietrich after Greece campaign)
• Milbach, Oskar (photographer — credited for North Manchuria earthquake photos)
• Moosmüller (PK photographer — credited for Tobruk front photos)
• Naumann, H. H. (photographer — credited for acrobatics feature photos)
• Pavelitch, Ante (Dr. — Poglavnik / Croatian head of state; received Gauleiter Bohle in Agram/Zagreb)
• Petschow, R. (photographer — credited for aerial photo of Alexandria)
• Pickhans (Gefreiter — fictional character in humor section; wounded soldier in lazaretto)
• Raimund, K. (author — byline for Japan cherry blossom special report ‘Blütenschau im Krieg’)
• Roth (SS-PK photographer — credited for cover photo of German soldier in Greece and Bardia coastal landscape photo)
• Scheerer (PK photographer — credited for Greek bishop / ‘Englische Lügen’ article photos)
• Tilsner (cartographer/illustrator — credited for maps of Crete strategic map and Alexandria harbor map)
• Vallingojer (PK photographer — credited for Tobruk front photos and Bardia coastal photo)
• Walter (fictional character in humor section — sailor on shore leave)
• Wegener (Dr. — fictional gamekeeper character in ‘Tierfreunde’ short story)
• Winant (USA-Botschafter / U.S. Ambassador — photographed in British tank; featured in anti-American propaganda article)
• Wörner (Atlantic photographer — credited for ‘Englische Lügen’ article photos)
• Zeppelin, Luftschiffbau (airship company — credited for aerial photograph of Alexandria)

Locations

• Afrika (Africa — unnamed African airfield; Stuka commander photographed; also Libyan-Egyptian border area)
• Agram / Zagreb (Croatia — Gauleiter Bohle received by Poglavnik Pavelitch; NSDAP AO Kreisleiter ceremony)
• Ägypten (Egypt — Alexandria featured as strategic target following Crete victory; aerial photographs published)
• Alexandria (Egypt — full-page article on strategic harbor; aerial photos by Petschow and Zeppelin)
• Bardia (Libya — coastal landscape photo at Libyan-Egyptian border)
• Cyrenaika / Cyrenaica (Libya — shown on strategic map of eastern Mediterranean)
• England (England / United Kingdom — referenced in anti-American propaganda and Greek bishop article)
• Frankreich (France — article ‘Was uns in Frankreich auffällt’; PK-Böhmer photos of French street scenes)
• Griechenland (Greece — Kurt Meyer’s Knight’s Cross awarded for Greece campaign; bishop refutes British lies about Greece)
• Irak (Iraq — shown on Crete strategic map as German sphere of interest)
• Japan (Japan — feature article ‘Blütenschau im Krieg’ on cherry blossom festival and wartime home front)
• Jordanien, Trans- (Transjordan — shown on strategic map as British-controlled territory)
• Kreta / Kreta-Insel (Crete — strategic map article showing how Crete conquest threatens Alexandria; Ju aircraft shot over Crete)
• Kroatien (Croatia — Gauleiter Bohle’s visit; NSDAP AO expansion article)
• Kyoto (Japan — Miyako-odori cherry blossom dance festival in old capital; photo caption)
• Libyen (Libya — shown on strategic map; Bardia coastal landscape photo)
• Manchurei, Nord- (North Manchuria — earthquake along Harbin–Manchuli railway line; photos by Milbach)
• Mittelmeer, östliches (Eastern Mediterranean — strategic map showing impact of Crete conquest on British positions)
• Rom / Roma (Italy — Deutsche Akademie in Rom / Villa Massimo feature article)
• Saloniki / Thessaloniki (Greece — citadel photo captioned as main tobacco export harbor of Macedonia)
• Saudi-Arabien (Saudi Arabia — shown on strategic map)
• Syrien (Syria — shown on strategic map as Axis-friendly territory)
• Thessalien (Thessaly, Greece — Metropolitan bishop of Thessaly and Fanariofarsal shown refuting British atrocity claims)
• Tobruk (Libya — front-line photos of German division commander and infantry in action)
• Türkei (Turkey — shown on strategic map of eastern Mediterranean)
• USA (United States — anti-American propaganda article ‘Amerika fühlt sich bedroht’; Roosevelt, La Guardia, Winant featured)

Units

• AO der NSDAP — Auslandsorganisation (NSDAP Foreign Organization — Gauleiter Bohle’s visit to Croatia to establish new Kreis)
• Berliner Akademie der Künste (Berlin Academy of Arts — awards the ‘Rome Prize’ to young German artists; Villa Massimo context)
• Deutsche Akademie in Rom / Villa Massimo (German Academy in Rome — feature article on artist residency program)
• Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers — referenced in Crete strategic map article as having taken Corinth)
• Japanische Kriegsmarine (Imperial Japanese Navy — sailor shown in cherry blossom article wearing naval insignia)
• Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS division — Sepp Dietrich identified as commander; Kurt Meyer awarded Knight’s Cross for Greece campaign)
• Luftwaffe / Stukaverband (German Air Force — Stuka commander photographed on African airfield; Ju aircraft damaged over Crete)
• OKW — Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Wehrmacht — Keitel shown; strategic reports referenced)
• Patriotischer Verband junger Frauen (Japanese Patriotic Association of Young Women — women shown wearing its uniform in cherry blossom article)
• SS-Kriegsberichter / PK (Propaganda Company — multiple photo credits: Roth, Vallingojer, Scheerer, Böhmer, Wörner)