NEW YORK TIMES, Rotogravure section only, April 7, 1935 

* Adolph Hitler & Hermann Goering
* German - Nazi air force revealed

 This rotogravure section has a front page pictorial regarding the newly acquired air force in Germany, with 4 photos of Hitler and 2 of Goering.
The complete ten page rotogravure section only, light toning, minor irregularity at the spine, good condition.

Background: The April 7, 1935, New York Times Rotogravure feature capturing Adolf Hitler and Hermann Goering alongside Germany's newly unveiled air force marks a critical geopolitical turning point: the definitive, public collapse of the post-WWI international order. Published just weeks after Goering officially announced the existence of the Luftwaffe and Hitler reinstated military conscription, this imagery documented Germany’s open, defiant violation of the Treaty of Versailles, which had strictly forbidden the nation from possessing a military air force. By broadcasting high-quality, propaganda-style photographs of Nazi air power to the American public, the feature visually certified that Germany was no longer secretly rearming, but was instead aggressively signaling its intent to reclaim dominant European power. This specific media moment captured the official transition from a fragile interwar peace to the overt escalation of fascist militarism, serving as a stark, early warning of the total war that would engulf the world just four years later.