Olympics begin... Jesse Owens favored...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, Aug. 2, 1936



* 1936 Summer Olympics open

* Adolph Hitler & the Nazi Party

* Jesse Owens about to make history

* Berlin, Germany



The top of the front page of the sport's section has a four column headline: "AMERICANS TUNED TO CONCERT PITCH FOR OLYMPIC GAMES, OPENING" with subheads and the somewhat famous photo showing Hitler and some of his offici... See More  

Jesse Owens wins olympic gold in 1936....

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1936



* Jesse Owens Olympic gold 

* United States dominance 

* In front of Adolph Hitler & Reich 



This 18 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "JESSE OWENS BREAKS BROAD JUMP RECORD" "Leaps 26 Feet 5 1-3 Inches Beating Record of Edward Hamm in 1928". More Olympic news ... See More  

Jesse Owens wins gold at the Berlin Olympics...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 5, 1936 



* Jesse Owens shines in track & field

* Olympic games in Berlin Germany

* In front of Adolph Hitler & Third Reich



The front page has a three column heading: "OWENS CAPTURES 200 IN 20.7 TO SCORE OLYMPIC TRIPLE" with subheads. (See) Much more in the sport's section. A sidebar to the Olympic games was Adolph Hitler's refu... See More  

Olympics...

Jack Lovelock wins gold medal...

THE SCRANTON TIMES, Pennsylvania, August 6, 1936.



* Jack Lovelock wins gold medal

* 1936 Olympics in Berlin Germany



This 32 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page, "LOVELOCK WINNER OF 1,500-METER OLYMPIC", with subhead.



Other news of the day throughout.



Some margin wear, mostly along the spine. Otherwise nice.



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Jesse Owens at Berlin Olympics........

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Majorie Gestring gold medal in diving...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, August 13, 1936



* Majorie Gestring

* Springboard diving - Olympics

* Youngest gold medal winner



This 40 page newspaper has a four column headline on page 13: "Women Divers of U.S. Score Olympics Sweep" with subheads that include: "13-YEAR OLD GIRL WINS IN OLYMPICS" "Marjorie Gestring Leads U.S. to Sweep in Dive---Miss Rawls, Mrs. Hill ... See More  

Jesse Owens & 1936 Olympic team welcome home....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 4, 1936



* Jesse Owens & Olympic team welcome home

* Broadway, Manhattan ticker-tape parade

* Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia presents

* 1936 Berlin, Germany Summer Olympics



The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "OLYMPIC STARS GET WELCOME OF CITY" with subheads that include: "121 From the American Team, Headed by Owens, Parade Through Cheer... See More  

Jewish extermination speech....

NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 16, 1936 



* Very early mention on exterminating the Jews

* Julius Streicher speech at Nuremberg

* Nazi propaganda figure



Page 14 contains one of the earliest reports of extermination as the solution to the "Jewish problem" not just in Germany but throughout the world. The report has one column heads: "Streicher Advises Foreigners On Jews" &quo... See More  

Green Bay Packers wins NFL championship...

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, December 14, 1936



* Green Bay Packers victorious

* Boston Redskins (Washington)

* NFL football championship

* Jesse Owens wins best athlete award



Page 3 of section II has a two column heading: "Green Bay's Passing Attack Nets Victory In "Pro" Title Game" with stats and lineups. (see)

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Jews persecuted in Germany...

NEW YORK TIMES, March 5, 1937 



* Jewish persecution in Germany

* Prelude to the Holocaust

* Jews - Judaica



The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "90,000 FEWER JEWS UNDER HITLER RULE" "409,000 Professing Ones Still in Germany After 4 Years of Nazism, Report Shows" "Emigration Is Chief Goal" "24,000 Left Country in 1936--12,000 to 20,000 May Dep... See More  

A Berlin newspaper from the Nazi era...

BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany, February 6, 1936  This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era of World War II. Pages 2 & 3 have a large photo showing Adolf Hitler addressing a crowd.  Several of the photos seem to be focused on the 1936 Winter Olympics.

The complete issue, very nice condition.

Helmut Hirsch to be executed...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1937



* Helmut Hirsch to be executed

* Black front - bombing plot



The front page has a one column heading: "HIRSCH, IN NAZI JAIL, RESIGNED TO DEATH" with subheads. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 34 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

Same-day report on the Hindenburg tragedy...

HERALD EXPRESS, Los Angeles, May 6, 1937 



* Hindenburg rigid airship disaster

* Pride of Nazi Germany

* Lakehurst, New Jersey

* Nice headline for display



A rare opportunity for a same-day report on the explosion of the zeppelin Hindenburg, which explored moments before docking at Lakehurst, New Jersey in the early evening of May 6.

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1937 airship Hindenburg disaster probe...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 1937



* Hindenburg rigid airship disaster

* Pride of Nazi Germany

* U.S. hearings begins



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "ROSENDAHL IS MYSTIFIED BY THE HINDENBURG FIRE; ADVISED CAPTAIN TO LAND" with subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with 2 related photos.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 52 ... See More  

Jean Harlow's burial...

Hitler plans speech...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, June 9, 1937  The front page carries a one column headline "Jean Harlow Buried Today" with subhead "Only William Powell and Members of the Family Admitted to the Chapel" "Hollywood in Mourning". This continues to page 8 where another article "Jean Harlow's Childhood Life was a Happy Affair; Guarded by H... See More  

Joe Louis becomes Champion...

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Alice Salomon death in 1937...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1937



* Alice Salomon death w/ photo (1st report)

* German social reformer - social work pioneer

* Berlin, Germany - Nazis - Third Reich



The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "DR. ALICE SALOMON EXPELLED BY REICH" with subheads and photo. (see)

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Doctors' trial ends... Nazi human experimentation...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 20, 1947



* Doctors' trial ends w/ guilty verdicts

* United States of America v. Karl Brandt

* Nazi human experimentation - Jewish holocaust



The front page has a two column heading: "Hitler's Doctor, 14 Others Guilty In Medical Experimentation Trial" First report coverage continues inside with photo of Dr. Karl Brandt.

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Mussolini meets w/ Hitler in 1937 Germany...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, September 26, 1937



* Benito Mussolini - Italy dictator

* Visits Adolph Hitler for 1st time



The front page of this section has a nice banner pictorial regrading the meeting of Adolph and Benito Mussolini with heading: "Will The Rome-Berlin Axis Be Extended Into A Four Powered Pact?" with smaller subheads. (see)

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Mussolini meets w/ Hitler in Germany photos...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, October 3, 1937



* Benito Mussolini - Italy dictator

* Visits Adolph Hitler in Munich



The front page of this rotogravure section has 2 related photos of Mussolini meeting Adolph Hitler in Germany earlier in the week.

Other topics throughout. Complete rotogravure section only with 12 pages, a few small tape mends, tiny piece torn away at upper le... See More  

Early Nazis plan for sterilization of races...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 31, 1937



* Jewish Holocaust prediction ?

* Extinction of Jews predicted

* Joachim Prinz - Jewish rabbi



The top of page 18 has a one column heading: "JEWS HELD DOOMED UNDER NAZI REGIME" with subheads. (see)

Other news of the day. Complete 1st section only with all 40 pages, rag edition in nice condition.... See More  

Adolph Hitler becomes Commander-in-Chief....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 5, 1938



* Adolph Hitler - Nazi Party

* Assumes as Commander-in-Chief

* All German armed forces



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "HITLER ASSUMES CONTROL OF ARMY; RETIRES 15 GENERALS AND SHIFTS 25; RIBBENTROP MADE FOREIGN MINISTER" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on Adolph Hitler assuming the title of Commander-in-Chief, thu... See More  

Nazis taking over Austria... pre-Anschluss....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 16, 1938



* Nazi Germany taking over Austria

* Total Anschluss very close

* Arthur Seyss-Inquart



The top of the front page has a four column headline: "AUSTRIA CAPITULATES TO GERMANY; PRO-NAZIS GET KEY POSTS IN CABINET; BERLIN HAILS UNITY OF TWO NATIONS" with subheads. (see)

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 42 pages,... See More  

"First they came for the Socialists... then they came for me."

Martin Niemöller freed & rearrested in Berlin....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 3, 1938



* Reverend Martin Niemöller rearrested

* Ant-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor

* Famous "First they came..." statement fame



Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Niemoeller Freed in Reich, Then Rearrested; Is Seized After Conviction at Sedition Trial" First report coverage on anti-Nazi theologian, Reverend M... See More  

Adolph Hitlet Reichstag speech re. Austria photos...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, March 6, 1938



* Adolph Hitler's speech to Reichstag

* re. Czechoslovakia & Austria Germans



The front page of this rotogravure section has few related photos regarding Adolph Hitler's speech to the Reichstag about Anchluss. (see)

Four pages, rag edition, some spine wear, generally nice.... See More