Description
Illustrierter Beobachter
Donnerstag, 2. Oktober 1941 • 16. Jahrgang • Folge 40
Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf. GmbH, München 22
16 pages scanned
Domestic price: 20 Pfennig; international pricing listed on masthead
Cover Page
Caption: “Nun erzählen Sie einmal…” (“Now tell me…”)
Subject: Generalfeldmarschall Walther von Brauchitsch (Commander-in-Chief, German Army) in conversation with a soldier at Army Headquarters.
Location: Army Headquarters (Hauptquartier).
Photo credit: Sonderberichter Fritz Boogner.
Major Headlines & Content
Beim Oberbefehlshaber des Heeres Generalfeldmarschall v. Brauchitsch (At the Commander-in-Chief of the Army) — Birthday profile marking von Brauchitsch’s 60th birthday on 4 October. Photos by Fritz Boogner. Also names Generaloberst Halder (Chief of the General Staff).
Darum schreien sie jetzt nach Kriegsmaterial! (That Is Why They Are Now Crying Out for War Matériel!) — Photo spread of destroyed Soviet artillery and wrecked rail yards, mocking Allied claims of orderly Soviet retreats. Photo credit: PK Deutsche Wochenschau (Holzapfel).
Gespensterfurcht (Fear of Phantoms) — Photos of foreign sailors being ejected from US seamen’s hostels, framed as American paranoia about a Fifth Column. Photo credit: Assopreß.
Stelldichein im Atlantik (Rendezvous in the Atlantic) — Two German U-boats meeting at sea; commanders exchange experiences. Photo credits: PK Jordan; PK Hr. Hoffmann. Lower image: SS soldier rescuing a wounded comrade under fire; SS-PK Baumann-Weltbild.
Schläge, die sitzen! (Blows That Land!) — Wrecked Soviet equipment on the Baltic shore at Baltischport compared to Dunkirk; burning tanks and a Soviet train driven into the Baltic. Photo credits: SS-PK Schulz; v. d. Piepen WP.; Lagemann PBZ.
Ein GPU-Regiment ergibt sich (A GPU Regiment Surrenders) — Strip of three photos showing Soviet secret police troops surrendering near a destroyed bridge, using a white handkerchief as a flag. Photo credits: PK Meyer-Scherl; PK Kempter-Weltbild.
Japans PK — Japanischer Kriegsberichter (Japan’s War Correspondents) — Sidebar feature on Japanese correspondents covering operations in southern China, one shown returning with souvenirs. Photo credit: K. Raimund.
So lieht Italien den Schaumschläger (That Is How Italy Views the Windbag) — Three satirical cartoons by Il Travaso and ’42°’ mocking Roosevelt (panicking over Azores, Dakar, Philippines) and Churchill and Roosevelt fabricating the Atlantic Charter.
Other Content
Fiction serial — Die letzte Heuer by Hermann Freyberg (1. Fortsetzung). Adventure novel set aboard the Congo river steamer Kassai. Main characters: Captain Olaf Erland; merchant Pierre Glant (‘Katakata-Glant’); Dr. Bünger (ship’s doctor); Ferry Stakke (hunter); Jürgen Schenk (young German merchant); Jon Johnsen (helmsman). Locations: Congo River, Kinshasa–Leopoldville, Matadi, Boma, Banana, Kamerun, Angola.
Fiction serial — Große Fahrt — U-Boot-Offiziere erzählen (3. Fortsetzung). First-person U-boat narrative: night engagement off the Norwegian coast, April 1940, sinking a Norwegian freighter while evading British destroyers.
Humour column — Humor — short jokes and anecdotes.
Photo feature — Während die Heide blüht… — two photos of a dancer rehearsing outdoors. Photo credit: Krause-von dem Busche.
Puzzles — Rätsel — crossword, magic square, and syllable puzzle. Solutions to Folge 39 puzzles also printed.
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