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People's Observer, 1939

 Item — Flat file drawer: Benedict Collection Drawer 10
Identifier: FC-2019-03

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Contains 2,800 serial titles, 250 linear feet of pamphlets and soft-cover books, and 100 linear feet of miscellaneous materials.

Dates

  • 1939

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

German

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Retro-active accession of a 1939 issue of "People's Observer" separated from the Benedict collection in a Freedom Center flat file drawer.

Physical Description

Individual pages have been placed in encapsulation sleeves. The paper itself is in poor condition.

General

Peoples Observer. Battle Sheet of the National-Socialist Movement in Greater Germany. South German Edition. Munich, Sunday, 13 August 1939. Publisher: Franz Eher Nachfolger, G.M.B.H.

Headlines (translated by Herta Fischer, 8/1972):

"204 Polish Assaults on Germans (living in Poland) Passage through "Korridor". (strip of land leading to Danziq) no longer safe".

"Scandal in Dirschau - German Travellers Sitting Duqs".

"Army and Hitler Youth Work Together - Support in premilitary drill for the H.J. (Hitler Youth) - Special Courses for H.J. Leaders".

"London Easy to Bomb - Lax Discipline Causes Blackouts to Fail".

"England's Prestige on the Balkan at Deep Low".

"Jewish Bank Collapse in Paris - In Wake of Collapse of Jewish Mondelsohn-Manheim Bank".

"USA Prolongs East-Asian War - 25 Million Dollar Loan for Tschiang Kaischek".

"The Ethical English - Slavery and Kidnapping among the British Marines".

Repository Details

Part of the CSUF University Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
University Archives & Special Collections
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