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KOLONIE UND HEIMAT
Die deutsche koloniale Bilderzeitung
6. Jahrgang • Folge 24 • München, 17. November 1942
Verlag des Reichskolonialbundes, München — published for the Reichskolonialbund e.V., Berlin
12 pages scanned. Instant PDF download.
Preis 20 Pfennig (Frei Haus 22 Pfennig) — fortnightly illustrated magazine of the German colonial movement

Cover Page

Caption: “Auf allen Meeren sinken die feindlichen Kriegstransporte unter den Schlägen der Achsenflotte.” (“On every sea, enemy war transports are sinking under the blows of the Axis fleet.”)
Subject: Aerial photograph of an Allied transport ship sinking after an Axis air or naval attack, wreckage and debris spreading across the water around the hull.
Location: Not specified (open sea; story continues on page 322).
Photo credit: Not given on the cover.

Major Headlines & Content

Achsen-Kreuzer binden Briten-Kreuzer (Axis cruisers tie down British cruisers) — Naval-strategy article on how the deployment of German heavy warships forces Britain to guard its convoys with battleships and carriers, discussing the Channel dash of the Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen, and the sinking of the Barham and Ark Royal. By J. Weitmann, Oblt. MA. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Olbert, Kriegsberichter Augst.

Rommel — im Spiegel der Briten (Rommel — as the British see him) — Feature on Field Marshal Rommel’s reputation among British and Commonwealth troops and Egyptian civilians at El Alamein, with a relief map of the Egyptian theatre of war. By Dr. F. M. Names: Rommel, Auchinleck, Mussolini. Places: El Alamein, Tobruk, Alexandria, Kairo.
USA. in Liberia (The USA in Liberia) — Report on American economic and political influence over Liberia, tied to US rubber interests and the Firestone company, illustrated with scenes of Monrovia. Photo credits: Dr. Lindt (Dunker).

Askania Nova — Die letzte Ursteppe Europas in der Süd-Ukraine (Askania Nova — Europe’s last virgin steppe in the southern Ukraine) — Feature on the Askania Nova nature reserve and its transplanted African and Asian wildlife (zebras, antelope, ostriches), founded by the Falz-Fein family. By Professor Dr. Lutz Heck. Photo credits: Lutz Heck, Zoologischer Garten Berlin.

Intimes aus dem Briten-Hauptquartier in Kairo (Inside the British headquarters in Cairo) — Gossipy report on the British high command in Cairo, contrasting Generals Wavell, Auchinleck, Alexander, and Montgomery. Photo credit: Petschow.

Other Content

Nature feature — “Streifzug nach Seltsamkeiten” — short piece on the coconut (palm-thief) crab of the Malay Archipelago, by Dr. Bg.
Column — “Aus der Praxis des Tropenarztes: Die Schlange und der Skorpion” — tropical-medicine column on snakebite and scorpion-sting first aid, by Dr. H. G.
Cartoons — Political caricatures of Roosevelt, Smuts, and Malan under the heading “Zur guten Hoffnung,” by Siegfelt.

News column — “Die Welt unterm Brennglas” — short world items, including a note on the Solomon Islands and the naval war in the Pacific.
Anecdote — “Kleine Ursachen …” — historical anecdote about General Friant and Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign.

Feature — “4 exotische Magenfragen” — short items on unusual foods and drinks: eating live millipedes in China, the earliest brewing of beer, desert travel provisions, and the history of nutmeg.

Cartoon spread — “Aus einer kleinen Garnison” — comic soldier-life drawings by Walter Fuchs.
Feature — “Urwald ‘garantiert echt’” — illustrated piece on commercialised, tourist-oriented hula performances in Hawaii. Photo credits: Werner Cohnitz.
Puzzles — “Raten und Denken” — number puzzle (“Zahlenrätsel”), mosaic puzzle, and a chess correspondence game (Königsgambit, Keres vs. Wilkins).

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