Description
Wiener Illustrierte – Number 22, 31. Mai 1944
Scanned pages: 12 | Instant PDF download
Historical Austrian illustrated weekly magazine, digitized.
Cover
“Gebirgsjäger im Hohen Norden” — mountain troops conferring over a map in the Arctic snow, referring readers to the inside feature “Stahlhart und unbezwingbar.” War correspondent credited: Kriegsberichter Maltry (Sch.).
Main Articles
“Stahlhart und unbezwingbar”
A history and current portrait of German mountain troops (Gebirgsjäger), tracing their origins to the 1915 Alpenkorps and covering their battles at Narvik and Crete, now training and fighting in the Arctic north.
Photo credit: PK-Aufnahmen, Kriegsberichter Maltry (Sch.).
No pilots named.
“NPEA. Hubertendorf”
Profiles a National Political Educational Institute (NPEA) for girls at Hubertendorf, a former hunting lodge, covering its curriculum of science, sewing, cooking, sport, and political education.
Photo credit: Presse-Hoffmann, Wien.
No pilots named.
“Idee und Form”
Profiles PK photo-correspondent and sculptor Konrad Weidenbaum at work shaping a dynamic female figure in clay, discussing the relationship between photographic idea and sculptural form.
Quotation from Emil Preetorius; photo credit: Gisela Strunk.
No pilots named.
“Ein Leben für Heimo” (6. Fortsetzung)
Continuation of the serialized novel, following Hanna’s evening at the opera with Count von Graven and her son Heimo waiting anxiously at home.
Author: Elisabeth Gürt.
No pilots named.
“Der seltsame Glückwunsch”
A comic tale of mistaken identity in which an official is congratulated on a fictitious engagement announcement placed as a prank in the newspaper.
Author: Ferdinand Kögl.
No pilots named.
“Der Doppelgänger”
A ghost story about a small, sinister old man believed to be a supernatural double, haunting a village estate manager on his way home at night.
Author: Friedrich Wallisch.
No pilots named.
“Alt-Wien” (Ein Lanner-Singspiel im Raimundtheater)
Covers the Raimundtheater’s fiftieth-anniversary operetta staging “Alt-Wien,” based on motifs by Joseph Lanner, adapted by Alexander Steinbrecher, with cast and staging highlights.
Photo credit: Bruno Völkel.
No pilots named.
“Merkwürdig”
A page of humorous cartoons on odd everyday and fantastical situations.
Illustrations by “Pinguin” (pen name).
No pilots named.
Artists Mentioned
- Konrad Weidenbaum — PK photo-correspondent and sculptor; created a dynamic female figure discussed in “Idee und Form.”
- “Pinguin” (pen name) — cartoon illustrations for “Merkwürdig.”
War Correspondents (Kriegsberichter) Named
- Kriegsberichter Maltry (Sch.) — cover photo and “Stahlhart und unbezwingbar.”
- Konrad Weidenbaum — PK-Bildberichter (photo-correspondent), also featured as a sculptor in “Idee und Form.”