Description
Kolonie und Heimat
Dienstag, 10. Februar 1942 • 6. Jahrgang • Folge 4
Reichskolonialbund e. V., Berlin — Verlag des Reichskolonialbundes, München
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Cover Page
Caption: „Sprungbereit! Japanischer Fallschirmjäger hat sich zum Einsatz fertiggemacht. Schon dröhnen die Motore der Flugzeuge, die ihn und seine Kameraden feindlichen Stützpunkten im Pazifik entgegentragen werden.” (“Ready to Jump! A Japanese paratrooper has made himself ready for action. The engines of the aircraft that will carry him and his comrades toward enemy positions in the Pacific are already droning.”)
Subject: A Japanese paratrooper in flight helmet and gear, shown adjusting his equipment before a jump.
Location: Pacific theatre (unspecified).
Photo credit: Atlantic.
Major Headlines & Content
Götze Gold wird entthront (The Idol Gold is Dethroned) — Economic essay arguing gold has lost its dominance over world finance, tracing Germany’s break from the gold standard and Britain’s and the USA’s continued dependence on it. Quotes Minister Funk and Lord Beaverbrook. By F.R. Photo credits: Seiler, Tschira, Archiv „Kolonie und Heimat“; drawings by Adler.
Vor den Toren von Singapur (At the Gates of Singapore) — Report on the rapid Japanese advance down the Malay Peninsula through jungle terrain toward the Straits of Johore, describing the collapse of British defences and Singapore’s strategic vulnerability. Map credit: Sammlung Rehse. Photo credits: Atlantic, Dr. Herrlich.
Rommel schlägt zu (Rommel Strikes) — Account of Generaloberst Erwin Rommel’s counter-offensive in North Africa, recapturing Cyrenaica and defeating British forces at Sidi Rezegh and Agedabia; mentions Churchill. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Borchert (Atl.), Kriegsberichter Valtingojer (Atl.), Archiv „Kolonie und Heimat“.
Other Content
Feature article — Goro-Goro — On the kola nut (Kolanuss) trade of West Africa: the kola tree, its stimulant properties, and caravan trade of 80-kilo bales of nuts across the Sahara to Lagos, Kano, and Nguru. Photo credit: H. Freyberg.
Fiction serial — Im Banne Kameruns by Richard Küas (13th instalment/Fortsetzung). Colonial novel continuing the story of Kling and the girl Yanange, and introducing the Fulbe ruler Zuberu von Yola and a German colonial expedition led by Hauptmann Dominik with officers Bülow, Radtke, and Schlosser in the Adamaua/Tsadsee (Lake Chad) region of Cameroon; mentions Garua, Marua, and Yauro. Continues in next issue.
Feature article — „Paradies“ mit Hindernissen (“Paradise” with Obstacles) — Illustrated essay contrasting colonists’ romantic dreams of tropical paradise with the real hardships of the Sunda Islands, South America, the West Indies, and Africa. By S. Illustrations by Schuberth-Goebel; photo credit: Mauritius.
Anecdote column — Kleine Kriegsgeschichten (Little War Stories) — Short anecdotes titled “Mißlungene Einschüchterung” (about General Tauentzien besieged in Breslau) and “Der Grund” (a French officer captured after the Battle of Roßbach). By H.R.
Humour/verse feature — Zoo im Schnee (Zoo in the Snow) — Illustrated verse about a zebra seen in the snow at the Munich Tierpark Hellabrunn. Text by Steffen Ass.
Anecdote — „Notgeld“ (“Emergency Money”) — Reminiscence about improvised paper currency used during the East African campaign under Lettow-Vorbeck. By Josef Viera.
Anecdote — Das Telegramm (The Telegram) — Humorous story of a garbled 1915 telegram from Morogoro mistaking a wife’s name for the word “Gouverneur.” By Dr. Humann.
Trivia column — Alter Schnee in vier Fragen neu aufgetaut (Old Snow Thawed Anew in Four Questions) — Short factual items on historic blizzards, the oldest polar ice, the coldest winters, and whether snow can cause fire.
Cartoon spread — Wie sie uns gerne hätten (How They Would Like to Have Us) — Satirical cartoons mocking Allied propaganda fantasies about conditions in Germany. By Walter Fuchs.
Puzzles — Raten und Denken (Guess and Think) page: Kryptogramm, Magisches Quadrat, Magische Silbentreppe, and Abstrichrätsel. Solutions to the puzzles from Folge 3 also printed.
Photo feature — Regenschirme im Lande der aufgehenden Sonne (Umbrellas in the Land of the Rising Sun) — Photo essay on umbrellas in Japan, including a portrait of the actor Hayashi Tchojiro and an umbrella factory drying its wares. Photo credit: Mauritius.
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