1938 partition of Sudentenland... Nazis...

THE FREDERICK POST, Maryland, September 23, 1938 



* German partition of Sudetenland 

* Czechoslovakia 

* Nazis - Adolph Hitler 



This 16 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "FORM NEW CZECHOSLOVAK CABINET" with subheads (see photos). Coverage on the partition of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Adolph Hitler. One of the major events that ... See More  

Godesberg Memorandum... Adolph Hitler...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 25, 1938



* Adolph Hitler & Neville Chamberlain

* Bad Godesberg, Germany meeting

* re. Sudetenland, Czechoslovakia land



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "CZECHS HAVE UNTIL OCT. 1 TO ACCEPT; HITLER AIDS POLISH-MAGY AR DEMANDS; DALADIER FLYING TO LONDON AGAIN" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text with other related headings continu... See More  

Adolph Hitler speech in Berlin, Germany....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 27, 1938



* Adolph Hitler speech on Czechoslovakia

* "Blessed Are The Peace-Makers"

* Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany



The front page has a banner headline: "DON'T MARCH ! HITLER TOLD" with subheads. (see) Complete text of this speech appears on page 6. Related photo and map are on the back page. First report coverage on Adolph Hitler'... See More  

Munich Agreement of 1938... Sudetenland....

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 29, 1938



* Munich Agreement (same day)

* Adolph Hitler - Neville Chamberlain

* Sudetenland - Czechoslovakia concession ?

* Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

* Appeasement speech re. Adolph Hitler's aggression



The front page has a nice banner headline: "4 MEN DEBATE EUROPE'S FATE; British, French and Italian Chiefs to Meet Hitler Today" ... See More  

German annexation of Sudetenland begins...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Oct. 1, 1938



* German annexation of Sudetenland begins

* Nazis - Adolph Hitler enters Czechoslovakia



The day prior British Prime Minster Neville Chamberlain gave a speech concerning the Munich Agreement and the Anglo-German Declaration and assured the British people that: "...it is peace for our time".  The front page has a five column headline: &quo... See More  

Chicago Cubs win 1938 NL pennant....

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, October 2, 1938



* Chicago Cubs win NL pennant

* MLB - Major League Baseball

* Best title to be had (rare )

* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 

* Current day Czechoslovakia 

* Nazis - Adolph Hitler



The front page has a one column heading: "CHICAGO ROARS A WELCOME TO CHAMPION CUBS" with subhead and tiny map. The back page has a great ban... See More  

German annexation of Sudentenland...

THE FREDERICK POST, Frederick, Maryland, October 4, 1938  This 10 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "HITLER'S SS MEN DISARM 500 CZECH GENDARMES AND SOLDIERS NEAR FALKENAUW" with subhead and related photo. (see)



This tells of the annexation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia by Adolph Hitler.



Other news of the day. Usual browning with little spin... See More  

1938 German annexation of Sudentenland...

ROTOGRAVURE PICTURE SECTION only of the New York Times, October 16, 1938 



* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 

* Adolph Hitler greeted at  Eger, Czechoslovakia 



The front page has five related photos with heading: "The German Armies March Into Czechoslovakia" (see)

Complete rotogravure section only with 8 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

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1938 Karl Kautsky death... Marxism...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 18, 1938



* Karl Kautsky death (1st report)

* Marxist theoretician - philosopher



The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "KARL KAUTSKY, 84, MARXIST, IS DEAD" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our inventory do not.

Other news, sports and advertisements of ... See More  

A Nazi illustrated newspaper... Adolph Hitler...

JB - ILLUSTSRIERTE BEOBACHTER (Illustrated Observer), Munich, Oct. 27, 1938  The entire front page is taken up with a photo that includes Adolf Hitler. A wealth of Nazi propaganda reporting, with many photos, in this 48 page, tabloid-size newspaper;

An inside page has an ad clipped, otherwise very nice condition.

Nine consecutive "Graphic Sections" with the serialized: "I Knew Hitler..."

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE--Graphic Section  This is a nine part series of a book by Kurt G. Ludecke titled: "I Knew Hitler...The Story of a Nazi Who Escaped the Blood-Purge."

Excerpts from the book were serialized in the Sunday "Graphic Section" of the Chicago Tribune, beginning with November 6, 1938 and ending with January 1, 1939. All nine sections are included.

The book ... See More  

"Night of broken glass" in Berlin signals the beginning of the Holocaust...

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Nov.  9, 1938 



* Crystal Night (Kristallnacht) BEGINNING

* Night of Broken Glass - Persecution of Jews



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading that announces the beginning of what was to become known as Kristallnacht, the "night of broken glass":

"Nazi Shooting Spurs Jewish Persecution" The article carries over to pag... See More  

Great Judaica item... Kristallnacht...

NEW YORK TIMES, November 10, 1938 



* Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)

* Night of Broken Glass - Persecution of Jews



On the eve of Armistice Day, Kate Smith sings Irving Berlin's God Bless America for the first time on her weekly radio show while the papers report the news of what was to become known as Kristallnacht, the "night of broken glass".  Nazi troops and sympath... See More  

Nazis focus on attacks upon Catholics...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 14, 1938  The bold, banner headline proclaims: "CHURCH TARGET OF NAZI HATE" with column subheads: "Rowdies Knock Down Candles; Jeer Catholics" and "Whistle While 5,000 Intone a Hymn".

As opposed to the more typical coverage of anti-Jewish attacks in Germany, this report is focused on an event in Munich aimed at Catholics. The article ... See More  

Kristallnacht in Nazi Germany...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, November 15, 1938 



* Kristallnacht - crystal night

* Persecution of Jews



A follow up to "Kristallnacht" or Night of Broken Glass, a coordinated attack upon Nazi Jews which resulted in 91 deaths and over 30,000 being sent to concentration camps. The 3 line headline reads: "U. S. PLAN TO MOVE 600,000 JEWS REPORTED ACCEPTED BY BRITAIN" with sub... See More  

Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)... Persecution of the Jews...

THE FREDERICK POST, Frederick, Maryland, November 16, 1938  This 10 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "GOERING FROWNS ON ANTI-JEWISH DRIVE IN REICH" "Reported To Be Opposed In Principle To Policies Of Goebbels" "GERMAN JEWISH POLICY SCORED BY ROOSEVELT" "Recent Events Described As Almost Beyond Belief, Says Executive&quo... See More  

Roosevelt backs Jews...

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, Nov. 17, 1938  Front page coverage has a one column heading: "ROOSEVELT HAS SHARP REBUKE FOR JEW HATERS", with a subheading, "Says Public Opinion Deeply Shocked By German Atrocities; 50,000 Jews Held as Hostages". The article goes on to quote Roosevelt: "I myself could scarcely believe that such things coul... See More  

Buchenwald executions of Jews.....

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, November 19, 1938



* Bible names outlawed in Germany

* Nazi Germany and the treatment of Jews



This 8 page newspaper has two column headlines on the front page that include:  "NAZIS BAN NAMES OF ALL OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETS IN CHURCH" and more. See photos for text here.



Other news of the day throughout including various advertisement... See More  

1938 Jewish holocaust... seizure of businesses....

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, November 20, 1938



* The Jewish Holocaust in progress

* Eviction of Jews without belongings

* Post Kristallnacht era



The front page has a two column heading: "'Jehovah' Banned, Property Seized" with caption:  "Germany Widens Pogroms".

Complete with all 40+ pages, light toning at the margins, small library stamp within the masthead, ... See More  

Nazi guards kill 12 Jews...

THE GREENSBOROUGH PATRIOT, (Greensboro), North Carolina, Nov. 24, 1938  Front page coverage has a one column heading: "DEATH GANTLET OF NAZI GUARDS KILLS 12 JEWS ", with subheading: "Group of 62 Beaten with Spades, Whips and Club on Arrival At Concentration Camp.". The article goes on to state in part, "...12 of a group of 62 well-to-do Jews, allegedly were beate... See More  

Nazis eliminating Jewish shops.. Post Kristallnacht...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 26, 1938



* Post Kristallnacht - night of broken glass

* Jews to lose all possessions

* Hermann Goering



This 32 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2 that include: "REICH TO ELIMINATE JEWISH RETAILERS", "Decree Affects Commission Houses, Mail Order Concerns and All Shops in General", "Goebbels Assails Germans Who make Jokes A... See More  

Jewish holocaust... seizure of businesses....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 27, 1938



* The Jewish Holocaust in progress

* Eviction of Jews from area villages

* Jewish wealth studied



This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has two column headlines on page 5 of section 4 (inside): "NAZIS IN FINAL PHASE OF THEIR WAR ON JEWS", "Program of Ruthless Expropriation Before Expulsion From Germany Is Being Swiftly Carried Out". See p... See More  

1938 Jewish street signs altered in Germany....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 28, 1938



* The Jewish Holocaust in progress

* Street signs changed from Jewish names to German

* Eviction of Jews from area villages - Jewish wealth studied



Page 6 has one column headings: "REICH JEWS' FLATS CAUSING SCRAMBLE" "Authorities Swamped by Pleas From 'Aryans' for Homes. Council Patience" "80 Street Designations Tha... See More  

How the people of Germany feel about Jews in 1938....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 19, 1938



* Jewish persecution in Nazi Germnay

* How the German population perceive it



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Many in Reich Deplore Excesses, But Fear Keeps Them Muzzled" with subhead. (see) A interesting take on how the citizens of Germany really feel about the Jewish population there.

Other news, sports and advertisements of... See More  

A Jewish homeland in Ethiopia?... Doc Barker killed...

PACIFIC EMPRESS, "A Newspaper Printed & Published Daily Aboard Canadian Pacific Steamships", Jan. 15, 1939  A rather rare, small newspaper with the bkpg. having: "Jews Reject Il Duce's Offer of Aid" which was his proposal for establishing a Jewish state in Italian Ethiopia.

Also a report that outlaw Doc Barker, son of Ma Barker & brother of Fred Baker, was kil... See More