"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  

Adolf 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  

Hitler enters Austria in 1938...

THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans Louisiana, March 11, 1938  This 40 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "RIOTING SWEEPS AUSTRIA; MARTIAL LAW NEAR" with subheads. (see)



Other news of the day throughout. Minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.

Hitler invades in Austria in 1938....

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL, Pennsylvania, March 11, 1938



* Germans invade Vienna Austria (1st report)

* Adolph Hitler

* Pre World War II



This 34 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Terror Sweeps Across Austria In Nazi Uprising" with subheads. (see)



Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in good condition.... See More  

Lou Gehrig signs final year contract in 1938...

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, March 12, 1938



* Lou Gehrig signs contract (last year)

* New York Yankees baseball



The front page has a one column heading: "Gehrig Signs For One Year At $39,000" with subhead. The top of page 23 has a banner headline: "Gehrig Signs for $39,000, Leaves for Camp Tomorrow with Ruppert" with subheads. (see) Great to have in this NYC publication.

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Hitler invades in Austria in 1938...

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, March 15, 1938 



* Germans capture Vienna, Austria

* Adolph Hitler

* Pre-World War II



This 6 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "HITLER TELLS WORLD ABSORPTION OF AUSTRIA GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT," with subheads.



Other news of the day throughout. Lite browning with minor margin wear, otherwise in nice conditi... See More  

Joe Louis... Brown Bomber...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, April 2, 1938 



* Joe Louis - Brown Bomber 

* Heavyweight boxing champion of the World 



This 32 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 10: "Louis Knocks Out Thomas in Chicago to Keep Title" with subheads, round by round reports and a related photo.



Tells of Joe Louis retaining his heavyweight boxing title by defeating Har... See More  

Anschluss... Austria annexation... Adolph Hitler...

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., April 22, 1938



* Post Anschluss - annexation

* Nazis occupy Austria

* Adolph Hitler in control

* Eyewitness account



The front page has a two column heading: "Jewish-Austrian Refugee Who Escaped 'Death Trap' Fears For Son In Vienna" (see) A interesting eyewitness account of the takeover of Austria at the time it was happening.

Other news, spor... See More  

Liquidation of Jewish property in pre-war Germany....

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, April 27, 1938 



* Jews to lose property - Jewish holocaust

* Pre Kristallnacht - Hermann Goering



The top of the front page has a one column heading: "Acts to Seize Reich Property Of Alien Jews" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on Hermann Goering's decree requiring registration of all Jews with assets exceeding 5,000 Reichsmarks, whether... See More  

Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini meet in Rome...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 1938



* Dictators Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini

* Pre World War II meeting in Rome, Italy



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "MUSSOLINI GREETS HITLER IN A RESPLENDENT ROME; 300,000 APPLAUD VISITOR" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues inside with two related wire photos.

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Adolph Hitler's return to Berlin in 1938...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 1938



* Adolph Hitler returns to Berlin, Germany

* Successful occupation of Austria celebration



This 42 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 12 that include: "BERLIN IN ECSTASY AS HITLER RETURNS", "500,000 Acclaim Him Amid Cascades of Bengal Fire and Bursting of Rockets", "Italian Flags Are Flown" and more. This tells of Ad... See More  

Sigmund Freud escapes Nazi Germany in 1938...

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 6, 1938



* Austrian Jew Sigmund Freud escapes Nazism

* Escaping Adolph Hitler and Nazi Germany

* Founder of psychoanalysis - neurologist

* Flies from Vienna to Paris to London



The top of page 10 has a two column heading: "Freud Consoled by U. S. Envoy on Flight to Exile in London" (see images)

Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in great condition. A ... See More  

German Spies...

NEW YORK TIMES, New York, June 21, 1938 



* Nazis spies indicted in the U.S.... 

* Germans...  Espionage... 



This 42 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "U.S. JURY INDICTS 18 AS SPIES IN REICH GOVERNMENT'S PAY; SECRET SERVICE HEAD NAMED" with subheads. (see) More on the inside pages including photos of the accused.



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Évian Conference opens.... Jewish refugees...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 6, 1938



* Evian Conference in France opens

* President Franklin D. Roosevelt

* Jewish refugees fleeing Nazi Germany



The front page has a one column heading: "32 NATIONS GATHER TO HELP REFUGEES" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the opening of the Evian Conference in France. This was to discuss the plight of the increasing numbers of Jewish refu... See More  

Henry Ford receives medal from Adolph Hitler....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 1938



* Henry Ford's 75th birthday celebration

* Receives "Grand Cross of the German Eagle"

* Adolph Hitler - Nazis - Third Reich



The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Ford, at 75, looks to 'Going Ahead'; Huge Parties Given Him in Detroit" with subhead. (see) First report coverage of Henry Ford's 75th birthday c... See More  

1st Berlin to New York transatlantic airplane flight...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Aug. 12, 1938



* First Berlin to New York airplane flight

* Captain Alfred Henke - Brandenburg



The top of the front page has a two column headline: "PLANE HERE FROM BERLIN IN 25 HOURS WITHOUT STOP AFTER A SECRET TAKE-OFF" with subheads. (see) Page 3 has a banner headline: "Another Chapter in Atlantic Flight History Is Provided by German Plane" with sub... See More  

1938 Nuremberg speech by Hitler... Lou Gehrig's streak reaches 2,100 (30 to go)...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 10, 1938



* Lou Gehrig's consecutive game streak hits 2,100

* Iron Horse keeps rolling like a babbling brook

* Adolf Hitler gives speech at Nuremberg



Page 11 has: "4 GEHRIG HITS HELP HADLEY SCORE, 2-0", with subhead: "Durable Yankee Passes .300 at Bat First Time This Year as Senators Bow", which includes the following text: "The old iro... See More  

Nuremberg Rally... Nazi Germany....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, September 13, 1938



* 1938 Nuremberg Rally - Nazi Germany

* Annexation of Austria

* 1 year away from World War II start



The front page has a three column headline: "HITLER'S DEFIANCE INCREASES TENSIONS IN UNEASY EUROPE" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the 1938 Nuremberg Rally which was named, "Rally of Greater Germany&qu... See More  

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  

Adolf 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  

German annexation of Sudentenland...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, October 2, 1938 



* German annexation of Sudetenland begins 

* Czechoslovakia 

* Nazis - Adolph Hitler 



This 30+ page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "Poland to Get Czech City Today as Germans Take Sudeten Area" with subheads. This is coverage on the beginning of the German annexation ... 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 Winston Churchill radio broadcast...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Oct. 17, 1938



* Prime minister Winston Churchill

* Radio broadcast to America and London

* "The Defense of Freedom and Peace"



The top of page 5 has a six column headline: "Text of Address by Winston Churchill Replying to Chancellor Hitler" with small photo of Churchill. Contains the complete text of Winston Churchill's radio broadcast titled: &qu... See More