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Kolonie und Heimat
Dienstag, 22. September 1942 • 6. Jahrgang • Folge 20
Reichskolonialbund e.V., Berlin — Verlag des Reichskolonialbundes, München 2, Brienner Straße 10
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Cover Page
Caption: „Gebirgsjäger auf Kamelen an der Ostfront — beim Durchspüren eines Maisfeldes nach der Überschreitung des Kuban“ (“Mountain troops on camels at the Eastern Front — searching a cornfield after crossing the Kuban”)
Subject: Two smiling German Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry) with a pack camel, moving through a cornfield.
Location: Near the River Kuban, Eastern Front.
Photo credit: Kriegsberichter Leher (PK-Aufnahme, Atl.).
Major Headlines & Content
Tiflis (Tiflis) — Illustrated geographic and historical feature on Tiflis, capital of Georgien, covering its turbulent history under Chasaren, Hunnen, Perser, Byzantiner, Araber, Türken and Russian rule, its mixed European and Asiatic quarters, and the Georgian (grusinische) population’s cultural identity. Named: Königin Tamara. Places: Tiflis, Kaukasus, Kura. Photo credits: Dr. Herrlich.
In Tropenglut … und Gletschereis (In Tropical Heat … and Glacier Ice) — Photo spread contrasting the German army’s advance through the shadeless, scorching Kuban steppe (up to 67°C ground heat) with German Gebirgsjäger — experienced alpinists and veterans of Karakorum and Himalaya expeditions — operating on Caucasus glaciers as „Bergpioniere“. Places: Kubangebiet, Charkow, Kaukasus. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Kintsche, Dieck.
Die Post ist da! (The Mail Is Here!) — Photo feature on the delivery of field post to German soldiers in the North African desert, describing the emotional importance of letters from home to the „pioneers of a new future“ fighting there. Places: Nordafrika. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Haupt.
Ägypten kämpft um seine Gesundheit (Egypt Fights for Its Health) — Feature on Egyptian government efforts, supported by German-trained doctors and largely German-made equipment, to combat eye disease and bilharzia through mobile tent clinics operated from Cairo. Places: Kairo, Nildelta. Photo credits: W. Cohnitz.
Der Geist der Herde (The Spirit of the Herd) — Wide-ranging natural-history feature on herd and swarm behaviour across the animal kingdom — migratory birds, buffalo, antelope, zebra, giraffe, elephants, bees, locusts, ants, penguins, and flamingos — with photos from Africa, the Arctic, and elsewhere. Places: Afrika, Sudan, Siberien (Jenissei), ostafrikanische Seen, Natal. Photo credits: Seiler, Scherl.
In den Klauen der Gaullisten (In the Clutches of the Gaullists) — Diary account by Sergeant Patrick de Spens of pro-Vichy French soldiers taken prisoner by Free French (Gaullist) forces in Gabun, describing the Governor’s suicide, mock trials, and his own escape via Spanisch-Guinea to France; the piece is sharply critical of General de Gaulle and his officers. Named: Sergeant Patrick de Spens, General de Gaulle, Gouverneur Masson, Oberst Montclair, Fregattenkapitän d’Argenlieu, Leclerc, Hautecloque. Places: Gabun, Französisch-Äquatorialafrika, Libreville, Brazzaville, Spanisch-Guinea, Kamerun, Tschad, Abessinien, Mourzouk.
Other Content
Photo feature — „Neger-Großstadt“ — on Kano, a major Hausa city in Northern Nigeria, its bustling market days, mud-built architecture, and traffic policing. Places: Kano, Ibadan. Photo credits: Tschira.
Feature — „Aus der Praxis des Tropenarztes: Afrikanische Feldkost“ — a tropical doctor’s account of edible wild plants and roots (onion-like „Wadis“, wild artichokes, wild spinach) discovered while travelling with Berbers and Arabs in Deutsch-Südwestafrika and Cyrenaika.
Science trivia feature — „Streifzug nach Seltsamkeiten“ — „Der geigende Krebs, der im Wasser ertrinkt“ (on fiddler/hermit crabs) and „Die Pflanze, die Wunder schauen läßt“ (on the peyote cactus and its use in Aztec-descended rituals). Author: Dr. J. B.; photo credits: Techno-Photographisches Archiv.
Trivia feature — „Da kratzen wir uns hinterm Ohr!“ — four illustrated trivia questions: whether a rifle bullet or the moon travels faster, how many colours a political map needs, why insects pollinate flowers, and whether the continents’ shapes are aligned.
Cartoon reprint — „Aus WEISS wird SCHWARZ“ — four reprinted period cartoons („Die Schwiegermutter“, „Der Lehrjunge“, „Der Schullehrer“, „Das Kaffeekränzchen“) with colonial-era jokes. Reprinted with permission of Verlag Braun & Schneider.
Cartoon spread — „Betrogene Betrüger“ — three political cartoons mocking Stalin and the British politician Attlee. Artists: Barbara, Soupault, Attalo.
Puzzles — „Raten und Denken“ — a Sinnspruch nach Punkten, a Silbenkreuz, and a Kryptogramm, plus a „Schach“ game analysis (Spanish Defence, Stoltz vs. Opocensky, European tournament, Munich). Solutions to the previous issue’s (Folge 19) Zahlenrätsel, Silbenversteck, and chess problem are also printed.
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