Deutschen Kinderwelt - The world of children - reading booklet for children with color illustrations, how the children of Nazi Germany are educated in the light of Nazi ideology and the superiority of the Führer. Leipzig 1939 - 24 consecutive issues - all the issues published in 1939 are contained in the original case. (Not bound). Rare.
The children's magazine Deutschen Kinderwelt - Children's World, stories, and quality color lithographic-style illustrations dealing with the world of children - while instilling Nazi messages in the illustrations and stories about the superiority of Germany under Hitler's leadership, Hitler Youth, the 50th birthday issue of the Führer, and educating children to be part of the new German era when they grow up. (For more on the magazine in the years it was published, see below).
For example, the May issue features a story about a boy whose father is an SS soldier and his son asks him at the May 1 parade that took place in Berlin - the Nazi "Labor Day", to allow him to see the Führer. "I want to see the Führer, to see the Führer!". The parade is described: "People are marching everywhere with joyous singing and music. After much effort he managed to see the Führer. That night he lay awake in his bed for a long time and thought "I saw the Führer, and then the little boy clasped his hands and prayed for the Führer's wellbeing". The center pages are devoted to illustrations dealing with "German handiwork". In issue number 7 from March, there is a story about the German Air Force with the message "when I grow up I also want to be in the German Air Force", with illustrations of planes and a swastika flag.
Issue No. 9 from April, devotes the opening page to "the Führer's 50th birthday" with an illustration of Hitler: "On April 20, swastika flags are woven throughout Deutschland (Germany); it is the Father's birthday! It is also a joyous day for all the children of Germany. The Führer once said, "Everything we do, we do ultimately for the children!"... Many boys and girls have already visited him at the Obersalzberg, and how many happy children there are whose heads he once asked to stroke! But we would all like to be in Berlin on April 20. There the German Wehrmacht passes before the Führer. If it were possible all the children would come to the Führer and bring him little bouquets or little gifts. Because we all love him, we want to follow him faithfully... He asked to create the great Germany and thereby gave us all a great and wonderful homeland, of which we are proud and to which all our hearts belong. Hail to the Führer!".
Issue No. 19 from September features on the cover a parade of children going to work in the field on Thanksgiving with swastika flags in the corners of the wheelbarrow, the opening article deals with a boy from the Hitler Youth who tells about his work in the fields: "We should be very proud of our German farmers on Thanksgiving...". The rest of the issue deals with the German farmer and German pride in its workers.
In issue number 8 from April, there is a section under the heading: "The Air Force soldiers in our city": "There are soldiers in our city. They are pilots. ...There are many planes at the airport... You can immediately recognize a Luftwaffe soldier by his uniform: He wears blue-gray uniforms... When I grow up, I also want to be an airman" This passage ends with the Hitler salute: "Heil Hitler!".
The Deutschen Kinderwelt was published from 1926 to September 1944, initially by Emil Finco & Co., Leipzig, and from 1929 by 'Die Kinderwelt'. The magazine was published biweekly in a format of 8 pages per issue, and it was printed on thick paper. Each issue has a large title page picture referring to the main article in the issue, as well as two full-page pictures on the two middle pages. Each issue featured short stories, tales, poems and riddles, crossword puzzles, and sometimes pages to cut out. Sales were made through subscriptions and orders were accepted at post offices. The newspaper was available in Germany, 'German-Austria', Czechoslovakia and Switzerland. Between 1934 and 1935, the swastika appeared as part of the issue's logo at the top left (after the rise of the National Socialists to power in 1933, quite a few companies used the swastika as an advertising symbol, and the uncontrolled use of the swastika was made for products that had no direct connection to the party (in 1935, the swastika officially became a national symbol and could only be used for sovereign purposes. Illustrations that matched the regime, such as buildings with swastika flags etc. were of course allowed and can still be found occasionally in 'Children's World' after 1935). The Führer's birthday was regularly celebrated in it, and in short stories, German national patriotism and the 'leader cult' were honored. Among the illustrators in the newspaper: Nora Schnitzler, Bruno Zwiener, Ilse Meister Zeyen, and others.
24 consecutive issues (not bound). Original case. Very good condition.
