Description
Kolonie und Heimat
Dienstag, 5. Mai 1942 • 6. Jahrgang • Folge 10
Reichskolonialbund e. V., Berlin — Verlag des Reichskolonialbundes, München
16 pages scanned
Cover Page
Caption: “Chincherinchis blühen im Frühling!” (“Chincherinchis are blooming in spring!”)
Subject: A young woman in a broad-brimmed hat holding a large bouquet of chincherinchis (a South African flower); caption notes that when spring arrives in South Africa, fields are covered with these white, exotic flowers, as popular there as violets and anemones are at home.
Location: South Africa (referenced in caption); refers readers to a photo feature on p. 143.
Photo credit: Archiv “Kolonie und Heimat”
Major Headlines & Content
Indien will Freiheit! (India wants freedom!) — Multi-page feature on British rule in India, princely pomp, and calls for independence. Named individuals: Winston Churchill (British Prime Minister), Sir Stafford Cripps, Subhas Chandra Bose (Indian nationalist leader), William J. Bryan (former American Secretary of State, quoted). Places: Delhi, Bombay, Kalkutta (Calcutta), Assam, Moskau, Ganges river, Burma (Mandalay-Lashio). Photo credits: Scherl, Witzleben, Leuenberger, Brahma, Archiv “Kolonie und Heimat”.
Tropen-Bekleidung (Tropical clothing) — Photo-feature on outfitting German Afrikakorps troops with tropical and cold-weather gear, showing rail depots loading uniforms and helmets. Places: Derna (North Africa), Ostfront. Photo credit: PK-Aufnahmen: Heinrich Hoffmann.
Kolonialräuber am Werk (Colonial robbers at work) — Second instalment of a serialised exposé on the 1919 Paris Peace Conference and Allied colonial diplomacy, by Franz Rose. Named individuals: Woodrow Wilson (US President), David Lloyd George (British PM), Georges Clemenceau (French PM), Colonel Edward House, Philip Kerr (Lord Lothian), Vernon Bartlett, Mandl-Rothschild. Places: Paris. Photo credit: none stated; includes a Punch-style caricature.
Afrika in Blüte (Africa in bloom) — Botanical photo-essay by H. J. Schlieben on African wildflowers and succulents blooming after the dry season (Gloriosa virescens, Amorphophallus schliebenii, Hibiscus, Kaempferia aethiopica, Helichrysum meyeri). Places: Kilimanjaro, Miombo woodlands. Photo credit: Aufnahmen: Schlieben.
Verlorener Erdteil im Großen Ozean (Lost continent in the great ocean) — Feature on Australia’s sparse population, sheep farming, drought, and wartime vulnerability following the fall of Singapore. Places: Sydney, Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Darwin, Newcastle, Nullarbor Desert, Tasmanien. Photo credits: Tschira, Seiler.
Elefanten fangen Elefanten (Elephants catch elephants) — Photo-essay describing traditional elephant-capture methods using tame decoy elephants and kraals. Places: Siam, Nepal, Südindien, Kongo. Photo credit: Aufnahmen: Dr. Herrlich.
Other Content
Feature story — “Der bunte Reisauflauf” (“The colourful rice-mound uprising”) by Emmerich Roboz — short fiction/travel tale about German and Italian journalists in Java investigating rumours of human sacrifice at a festival near a volcano; twist reveals staged theatrics. Named characters: Ludwig Frick, Hans Deinert, Rallio. Places: Djokja (Yogyakarta), Semarang, Gunung Gamping, Borobudur, Java.
Humour/short items — “Der Lenz ist da” (“Spring is here”) — light-hearted Q&A column on whimsical nature trivia (butterflies, cockchafers, honey, flower bouquets).
Regional interest — “Vom Steyrtal zum Neger-Kral” (“From the Steyr Valley to the African kraal”) — short feature on a Mölln (Oberdonau) family craft business making Maultrommeln (jaw harps) exported to Africa. Photo credit: Aufnahmen: Betzler.
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