Issue of the newspaper EUROPE AMERIQUE IMAGES – ENQUETES ET REPORTAGES (“Europe-America – Investigations and Photo Reports”) dated July 26, 1945, focusing on the daily routine and conditions of the Nazi prisoners and their collaborators held at Nuremberg prison and other detention centers after the war. On the front page is a photograph of the Nazi war criminal Rudolf Hess in his cell at Nuremberg during his first days in prison. This issue also includes an interview with Frau Himmler, wife of Heinrich Himmler, in which she claims she did not know about the Dachau camp: “I contented myself with traveling to the Dachau area daily to look for vegetables and fruit.”
Inside pages of the issue feature photographs from the prison cells where Nazi inmates were held across various detention facilities, along with a detailed description of their daily routine:
“They wake at eight-thirty; at nine, breakfast – half a portion of bread; at noon they drink bean soup, and at five, an additional serving of soup. Once a week, they receive cheese, meat, and sugar. They spend most of their days reading and re-reading books made available to them by the local library, including works by Paul de Kock, the complete writings of Lamartine and Victor Hugo; Gösta Berling by Selma Lagerlöf; novels by Sigrid Undset, and others.”
At the center of the issue are photographs showing the war criminals on the balconies of their cells, enclosed by tall fences, as well as inside the various cells under strict supervision.
Also featured is a postwar interview conducted by journalist Ann Stringer with Frau Himmler, wife of the Nazi war criminal Heinrich Himmler, who had recently committed suicide: “When told that her husband had committed suicide and was buried in an unmarked grave, she shrugged, did not cry, and showed no change in demeanor. It seemed as though the matter did not concern her.”
Among the questions she was asked: “Did you know that many regarded your husband as the number one war criminal?”
‘My husband? How could that be? Hitler was the leader.’
“Did your husband hope to succeed Hitler?” ‘No. But Göring hoped to succeed him.’ He then asked: “Did you visit the Dachau camp?”
‘No. During the entire period I lived in Munich, I contented myself with traveling to the Dachau area daily to look for vegetables and fruit.’ Later: “Do you see the Nazis as responsible for the war?”
‘Hitler tried to end the war after the Polish campaign, but England prevented that.’ “Why did Hitler invade Holland if he wanted to end the war?” ‘I’m a woman; that means I understand nothing about politics…’. Our interview ended with that final answer”. The issue also includes articles discussing the rise and fall of Nazi Germany.
31 [1] pages. Complete issue. Light stains on the cover. Very good condition.
