Description
Wiener Illustrierte – Number 18, 3. Mai 1944
Scanned pages: 12 | Instant PDF download
Historical Austrian illustrated weekly magazine, digitized.
Cover
“Beseelte Hände” — a young woman painting at an easel, illustrating the inside feature on a musical and artistic competition among German youth. No war correspondent credited.
Main Articles
“Die namenlosen Dörfer”
Depicts German grenadiers fighting to hold and retake small, unnamed villages north of Newel on the Eastern Front, amid captured Soviet soldiers and dead Bolshevik fighters.
Photo credit: PK-Bildbericht von Kriegsberichter Pospischil (H.H.).
No pilots named.
“Im Kampf gegen den Todfeind Europas”
Reports on Greek volunteer fighters joining German security units to combat Bolshevik partisan bands terrorizing the Greek population, including training and captured partisans.
Photo credit: PK-Aufnahmen, SS-Kriegsberichter Müller (Sch. 6) and Soldatenaufnahme F. Franck.
No pilots named.
“Wiener Theater”
A roundup of current Vienna stage productions, including Hans Jüngst’s “Achill unter den Weibern,” a Shakespeare-based “Hamlet” adaptation, and several comedies.
Photo credit: Schulda-Müller (4) and Völkel.
No pilots named.
“Ein Leben für Heimo” (2. Fortsetzung)
Continuation of the serialized novel, as Hanna Bruneder grapples with Heiner’s continued absence and financial strain while raising their son alone.
Author: Elisabeth Gürt.
No pilots named.
“Pulchra”
A whimsical, fairy-tale-like short story about a boy’s imagined romance with a princess figure named Pulchra, tied to childhood daydreams by a garden fence.
Author: Hanns Gottschalk.
No pilots named.
“Neue Bücher aus dem Südosten”
A book review column covering recent literary works from southeastern Europe, including a Croatian short-story collection and other regional titles.
Reviewer: Dr. Alfred Zöhrer.
No pilots named.
“Beseelte Hände” (Musischer Wettstreit der deutschen Jugend)
Feature on a Reich-wide youth competition showcasing young people’s artistic and technical talents, including sculpture, metalwork, music, and painting.
Photo credit: Ilse Feldmann (6) and Barbara Soltmann.
No pilots named.
“Familien-Alltag 1944”
A cartoon feature on everyday wartime family life, including rationing, blackout duties, and childcare, presented as “a report by Papa-Etsch.”
Illustrations/text credited to “Papa-Etsch” (pen name).
No pilots named.
Artists Mentioned
- “Papa-Etsch” (pen name) — cartoon illustrations for “Familien-Alltag 1944.”
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
- Kriegsberichter Pospischil (H.H.) — “Die namenlosen Dörfer.”
- SS-Kriegsberichter Müller (Sch.) — “Im Kampf gegen den Todfeind Europas.”