Hitler & Eva Braun had children?...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 12, 1945



* Adolph Hitler & Eva Braun's children?

* World War II - WWII



This 36 page  newspaper has a very interesting but discrete report on page 6 with small one column headings: "Tells Of Hitler Children", "Swede Reports Hunt for Them--No Comment at Shaef". This report claims that Hitler & Braun had two young ch... See More  

WWII gas rationing in the U.S....

BOSTON TRAVELER - Extra, Boston, Massachusetts, December 18, 1942



* World War II - WWII



The front page has a nice banner headline: "BAN ABC CARDS" with banner subhead "Sweeping Order Permits Use of 1 Emergency Unit President Hopes Ban Will Last Only Day or Two" (see photos).  Nice World War II item for display.



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

Hartford circus fire... WWII...

THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1944



* Hartford circus fire



The front page has two column headings: "Probe Into Responsibility For Circus Fire Disaster" and "Claim Evidence Shows Inadequate Fire Fighting Equipment, Poorly Manned". This is coverage on the Hartford circus fire disaster.

Other news and advertisements of the day with much on World War II sh... See More  

1945 invasion of Lingayen Gulf begins....

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, January 8, 1945 



* Invasion of Lingayen Gulf (1st report) 

* Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf 

* Battle of the Bulge  



The front page has a nice banner headline: "U.S. FLEET ATTACKS LUZON, JAPS SAY" with subheads (see photos). 1st report coverage on the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, Phillipines. Kamikaze airplane attac... See More  

Rudolph Hess parachute mystery...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 14, 1941



* Rudolph Hess Scotland parachute jump mystery

* Adolph Hitler's right hand man

* World War II - WWII



This 44 page newspaper has five column headline on the front page: "FLIGHT SHOCKS THE GERMAN PEOPLE" with subheads. 



Other news, sport and advertisements of the day throughout with more on World War II. Rag edition in great ... See More  

Nazi concentration camp revealed in 1945... Hitler's last birthday...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, April 21, 1945 



* Bergen-Belsen Nazi concentration camp

* Horrors being revealed

* Hitler's last birthday



This 14 page newspaper has a two column heading on the front page: "Bestial Cruelty of Germans Shown at Concentration Camp". See photos for coverage on the horrors that happened in the Belsen concentration ... See More  

Mexican actress Lupe Velez suicide...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, December 15, 1944



* Lupe Velez suicide death

* Mexican film actress



This 24 page newspaper has a 6 column headline on the front page: "Facing Scandal, Lupe Velez Kills Self" with smaller subheads and one column photo of Velez. This is 1st report coverage on the suicide death of famous Mexican actress, Lupe Velez.



Other news, ... See More  

Ohrdruf concentration camp liberated...

THE TOPEKA DAILY CAPITAL, Topeka, Kansas, April 9, 1945



* Ohrdruf concentration camp liberated

* Jewish holocaust being revealed



This 8 page newspaper has one column headings on page 2: "Americans Seize Nazi Camp Where 4,000 Murdered" and "Armored Division Finds 77 Bodies Of Latest Victims". 1st report coverage on the liberation of the Ohrdruf concentration camp. This wa... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 1, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Europe exterminations



This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 5: "ACTION DEMANDED TO SAVE JEWS NOW", "Leon Henderson Terms Allies Guilty of Moral Cowardice on Stand on Massacres". See photos for coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Europe. R... See More  

Battle of Hill 609... WWII...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 3, 1943



* Battle of Hill 609

* Tunisia Campaign

* II Corps - U.S. Army



This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page that include: "ALLIES INCH AHEAD", "Americans Again Pace General Advance on Tunisian Fronts" and more. See photos for a portion of the text which concludes on page 6 with reporting on the Battle of Hill 609 at D... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 12, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations



This 28 page newspaper has small one column headlines on page 6: "Nazi Execution Mill Reported In Poland" and "Fugitive Tells of Mass Killings in Electrically Charges Vats". See photos for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland. Rare t... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 1, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Greece persecution



This 34 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 5: "48,000 Greek Jews Are Sent To Poland" and "Shelter Society Receives Report of German Persecutions". See photos for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Greece. Rare to find such report... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 29, 1943



* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations



This 40 page newspaper has small one column headings on page 6: "Nazis Execute 150 Jews" and "Netherlanders Taken to Poland Reported Machine Gunned"



See photo for brief coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland where extermination of... See More  

Jewish Holocaust... public reality... Nazi atrocities...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 29, 1944



* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public

* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations



This 38 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 2: "2 LWOW JEWS TELL OF 'DEATH FOREST'" and "Husband and Wife Who Fled Say Nazis Killed 100,000 There--One Crucified".

See photos for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland.... See More  

Jewish homeland in Palestine?....

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 25, 1943



* Jewish rescue in Palestine?

* Extermination of Jews in Europe



This 70+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headlines on page 19: "PALESTINE CALLED MAIN HOPE OF JEWS",

"Willkie and Other Leaders Urge Action Now to Save Victims of Hitler" and more. See photos for coverage on the use of Palestine to save the Jewish population from exte... See More  

The Vatican bombed in WWII...

THE NEWS, Frederick, Maryland, November 6, 1943



* Bombing of Vatican City

* Single German airplane

* World War II - WWII



This 8 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "Vatican City Raid Bears Out Warning Allies Gave" and "They Predicted Nazis Would Do Bombing..." which was an air raid by just one German airplane (four bombs) on Vatican City.



Othe... See More  

Fort Capuzzo, Libya captured...

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 23, 1941



* Fort Capuzzo captured

* Operation Crusader

* World War II - WWII



This 40+ page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "British Sweep On in Libya; Full Nazi Fury Batters Reds" with subhead: "Claim Capture of Ft. Capuzzo and Mastery of Air; Hit from Tobruk". This is a 1st report coverage on ... See More  

Nazis capture Boulogne...

THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 27, 1940



* Nazis capture Boulogne France

* World War II era



This 28 page newspaper has a banner headline on the front page: "BOULOGNE FALLS AFTER 3-DAY SIEGE" with subheads. See photos for additional information.



Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little spine wear, otherwise good. ... See More  

Battle of Guadalcanal...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, August 14, 1942



* Battle of Guadalcanal

* Solomon Islands

* World War II original



This 24 page newspaper has a four column headline on the front page: "ALLIED BOMBERS POUND JAPANESE SHIPS TRYING TO REINFORCE SOLOMONS" with subheads (see images).



Other news of the day throughout which much on World War II as well as sports and... See More  

The fall of Cherbourg, France...

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Springfield, Massachusetts, June 26, 1944



* Post D-Day France being occupied by U.S. Army

* World War II German defense falling apart

* Cherbourg France falling to the allies



This 12 page newspaper has a nice banner headline on the front page: "AMERICANS ARE INSIDE CHERBOURG" with subheads (see photos). Other news of the day with much on World Wa... See More  

World War II comes to an end...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, August 14, 1945 



* Japan surrendering

* World War II ends

* V-J day eve



This 10 page newspaper has a two line banner headline on the front page: "Japanese Reply Still Not Received; Radio Messages Hint of Surrender" with subheads and related photo (see photos). Other news of the day including various advertisements. Little spine wear but... See More  

From the beginning of Nazi occupation of this British island...

EVENING PRESS, Island of Guernsey, July 16, 1940 



* Rare Nazi occupation issue

* Beginning of the siege



A very curious issue, as Guernsey, an English-speaking island, was occupied by the Germans during WWII so all the news was pro-Nazi. This is a very early issue from during the occupation by the Nazis, as the came on to the island in early July & took it with no resistance. The b... See More  

WWII tabloid issue...

DAILY TIMES, from Chicago, Illinois dated June 20, 1944. This is a tabloid-size issue with the headlines of "YANKS RACE TO GATES OF CHERBOURG!" with the coverage beginning inside the issue. This also contains other news of the day, including "U.S. fleet luring Japs into battle".



This is the complete issue in 36 pages, has an irregular spine and the margins contain a few edge... See More  

WWII tabloid issue...

DAILY TIMES, from Chicago, Illinois dated June 27, 1944. This is a tabloid-size issue with the headlines of "2 COMMANDERS SEIZED IN FALL OF CHERBOURG!" with the coverage beginning inside the issue. This also contains other news of the day including "Willkie blast  jolts Republican unity" and "Germans Flee Russ Armies".



This is the complete issue in 32 pages, h... See More  

Attempt to kill Hitler... Real life "Valkyrie" event...

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, Massachusetts, July 20, 1944



The popular movie starring Tom Cruise is based on the real-life event reported in this newspaper.



Being a early report, the front page has a small, breaking news style report with one column headline:



* Hitler Injured By Assailants



Most details were not known at this very early point in the attempted coup, as it happen... See More