Description

Stuttgarter Illustrierte
Mittwoch, 30. Juni 1943 • Heft 26/1943
Verlag Chr. Belser, Stuttgart
16 pages scanned
Note: Captions throughout are bilingual, printed in German and Italian.

Cover Page

Caption: „Ein Kämpfergesicht von Demjansk“ (“A fighter’s face from Demjansk”).
Subject: Portrait of SS-Hauptsturmführer Bochmann, wounded twice at the Lowat, promoted to Sturmbannführer and awarded the Oak Leaves.
Location: Demjansk / Lowat, Eastern Front.

Major Headlines & Content

Die Schuld am Luftkrieg liegt fest (The blame for the air war is settled) — Reichsminister Dr. Goebbels visits bombed Rheinland cities Düsseldorf and Wuppertal, then addresses a rally at the Westfalenhalle in Dortmund. Photo credit: Atlantic.

Aus Tokio gefunkt: Bose in Japan! (Radioed from Tokyo: Bose in Japan) — Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the Indian independence movement, arrives in Tokyo from Berlin and Rome and meets Japanese Prime Minister General Tojo. Photo credit: Atlantic/Transocean.
Korn statt Blumen! Kornfelder in der Großstadt (Grain instead of flowers) — Milan’s parks and flowerbeds replanted as wheat fields, including grounds of the Sforza Castle, the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele, and in front of La Scala. Photo credit: Dr. Aurel Schwabik.

Hochwasser an der Wolchow-Front (Flooding on the Volkhov front) — German troops coping with severe flooding near the Volkhov, moving by inflatable boat and horse-drawn cart. Photo credit: Kriegsberichter Rotkowski.

Großangriff der Luftwaffe (Major Luftwaffe attack) — Aerial photographs of a Luftwaffe bombing raid on an important Soviet supply railway station. Photo credits: Kriegsberichter Ritter and Eisner.

Kampfgruppe „Eicke“ hielt aus! (Battle group “Eicke” held out!) — Fighting around the fortress of Demjansk on the Lowat; SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant Eicke inspects positions; SS-Hauptsturmführer Seela greets relief troops. Photo credits: SS-Kriegsberichter Gotschmann and Cantzler.

Other Content

Feature / war diary — „Die Männer von Demjansk“ by SS-Kriegsberichter Willi Dißmann. Diary-style account of the Demjansk pocket siege, opening entry dated 18 February 1942. Continues in next issue.
Fiction serial — „Der Mann des Terrors“ by Jörg Rehoff (6th instalment). Serialised account of the Churchill circle in wartime London; names Churchill, Brendan Bracken, Duff Cooper, Lord Halifax, Lord Lothian, and Pierre Cot.
Fiction serial — „Sonate für Martina“, novel by Brunhilde Hofmann (14th instalment). Concerns a pianist, Frobenius, and characters Martina, Blandine, and Joachim Molter.
Short story — „Schwäbische Post: Der Teufel ist ein Eichhörnle“ by August Lämmle. Folk tale set in Ulm.
Feature — „Zum Kapitel: ‘Warum anti-jüdisch?’“ Antisemitic propaganda feature with staged photographs at a customs post and street scenes in Berlin, naming Willy Sklarek. Photo credit: Tschira.

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