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Kolonie und Heimat
Donnerstag, 1. Januar 1942 • 6. Jahrgang • Folge 1
Reichskolonialbund e. V., Berlin — Verlag des Reichskolonialbundes, München
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Cover Page
Caption: „General Rommel — der an der Spitze seines Afrikakorps wieder — nach englischem Eingeständnis — ‘furchtbare deutsche Schläge’ austeilt.” (“General Rommel, who at the head of his Afrika Korps is once again — by England’s own admission — dealing out ‘terrible German blows’.”)
Subject: Generalfeldmarschall (then Generaloberst) Erwin Rommel, Commander of the Afrikakorps, walking across desert terrain with another officer.
Location: North African front.
Photo credit: PK-Aufnahme: Kriegsberichter Oppitz (Sch.)
Major Headlines & Content
Lebensrecht gegen Weltdiktatur (Right to Life versus World Dictatorship) — Editorial essay framing the war as a struggle of Germany, Italy, and Japan against Anglo-American world hegemony, illustrated with world maps of colonial territories and satirical cartoons of Britain and America. By F.R.
Blockadeschlacht um England (Blockade Battle around England) — Reports that the German navy and air force have reduced British shipping tonnage by roughly 17 million tons (15.8 million sunk, 1.1 million captured).
Afrika-Front (Africa Front) — German and Italian African troops inflict heavy losses on numerically superior British forces, thwarting British strategic aims; photo shows an Italian anti-aircraft gun with mixed German-Italian crew.
Kriegsschauplatz Fern-Ost (Theatre of War: Far East) — Coverage of Japan’s opening of the Pacific war, with a photo of Japanese long-range bombers attacking an American Pacific base. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Ehrmann (Sch.), Kriegsberichter Zwilling (Sch.), Presse-Hoffmann.
Pontonbrücke wird Geleitzug (Pontoon Bridge Becomes a Convoy) — German army pioneers dismantle a pontoon bridge on the icebound Wolga (Volga) and use the boats as a supply convoy to reach a bridgehead when roads are impassable. Photo credit: Kriegsberichter Lessmann (Atl.)
Im Geiste des Samurai (In the Spirit of the Samurai) — Account of Japan’s rapid naval victories in the Pacific, including the destruction of Allied battleships and the siege of Singapore, framed through the Samurai warrior ethos. Mentions Roosevelt and Churchill. By F.R.
Other Content
Feature article — Groß-Friedrichsburg: die deutsche Kolonialtat des 17. Jahrhunderts — History of the Brandenburg colonial fort on the Gold Coast, founded 1683 by the Great Elector (Großer Kurfürst) Friedrich Wilhelm; mentions the ships “Kurprinz” and “Marian”, Major Friedrich von der…, and Friedrich I’s later sale of the fort to a Dutch trading company. By Eva Mac Lean.
Fiction serial — Im Banne Kameruns by Richard Küas (10th instalment/Fortsetzung). Colonial novel set in Fumban, Cameroon, at the royal palace of King Njoja; features the European visitor “Kling”, Njoja’s mother the Königin-Mutter Na, and the chief priest Niangi. Describes a royal reception, feast, and dance in Njoja’s court. Continues in next issue.
Nature/science feature — Afrika steckt voller Seltsamkeiten (Africa is Full of Curiosities) — Illustrated article on African wildlife and natural phenomena: gorillas of the Ruwenzori mountains, giraffes, termite mounds, and locust swarms.
Humour/verse feature — Das Fronthuhn (The Front-Line Chicken) — Illustrated humorous verses about German soldiers commandeering chickens from farms in occupied Ukraine. Text by Steffen Ass; photos credited PK. Deutsche Wochenschau (Holzapfel).
Cartoon spread — Hemi-Sphärenklänge (Hemisphere Sounds) — Satirical cartoons mocking Roosevelt, Stalin, and Allied leaders. By Walter Fuchs.
Trivia column — Fragen zum Kopfstehen (Questions on Standing on One’s Head) — Short factual Q&A items on geography and natural phenomena (the “man in the moon” seen upside-down, waterfalls that appear to fall upward, walking thousands of kilometres above sea level, rivers that flow inland).
Puzzles — Raten und Denken (Guess and Think) page: Rösselsprung (knight’s-move puzzle), Silbenversteck (syllable puzzle), Magisches Quadrat (magic square), and a coded aphorism attributed to Friedrich the Great. Solutions to the puzzles from Folge 26/1941 also printed.
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