Historic Newspapers: Events Preceding World War II
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Item #659134THE 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... Read full description -
Item #659135THE 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.... Read full description -
Item #653270THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 20, 1938
* Charles Lindbergh a Nazi sympathizer ?
* Receives: "Service Cross of the German Eagle"
* Field Marshall Hermann Goering - Adolph Hitler
Near the bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Hitler Grants Lindbergh High Decoration After Bitter Attacks on Flier by Russians" (see)... Read full description -
Item #691465JB - 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. -
Item #653239THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 29, 1938
* Polenaktion "Polish Action" (1st report)
* Arrests and expulsion of Jews in Germany
* Jewish persecution - pre-holocaust
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "GERMANY DEPORTS JEWS TO POLAND; SEIZES THOUSANDS" with subheads. (see) Always nice to have notable events... Read full description -
Item #656705CHICAGO 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... Read full description -
Item #653241THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 7, 1938
* Morris Lichtenstein death (1st report)
* Society of Jewish Science founder
* Jews - Judaica - Judaism - Rabbi
The top of page 19 has a one column heading: "DR. M. LICHTENSTEIN IS DEAD HERE AT 48" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report... Read full description -
Item #710198NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, November 8, 1938
* Herschel Grynszpan, Polish Jew assassin
* Ernst vom Rath assassination
* Prelude to Kristallnacht "Night of Broken Glass"
The front page has a one column heading: "Shooting Spurs Ouster of Jews" (see) First report coverage on the shooting death of Ernst vom Rath by... Read full description -
Item #571480THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, November 9, 1938
* Pre Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Night of Broken Glass
* Persecution of Jews
This 26 page newspaper has two column headlines near the bottom of the front page: "Hitler Threatening to Seize Germany's Lost Colonies" "Speech by Fuehrer Also Marks Launching of Severe... Read full description -
Item #695777JB - ILLUSTSRIERTE BEOBACHTER (Illustrated Observer), Munich, Nov. 10, 1938 The entire front page is taken up with a photo of Adolf Hitler. This is from the time of Kristallnacht, when Jewish shops and synagogues were destroyed.
A great wealth of Nazi propaganda reporting within, with many photos as well.
Complete in 46 pages, tabloid-size, an... Read full description -
Item #571848THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Detroit, Michigan, November 12, 1938
This 22 page newspaper has a two column headline on the front page: "Hitler Aide Warns American Jews of More Persecution" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day. Light browning with littler margin wear, otherwise in good condition.
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Item #656696CHICAGO 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... Read full description -
Item #678257FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, November 14, 1938
* re. Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* The night of broken glass
* Persecution of Jews
This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Strong British Protest Sent Germany Against Attacks By Reich Press" with subheads. (see)
Other news of the day throughout.
Lightly... Read full description -
Item #662954NEW 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... Read full description -
Item #569145FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Fitchburg, Massachusetts, November 15, 1938.
* Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Persecution of Jews
* Jewish businesses attacked
This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page:
* British-U.S. Plan May Provide Haven For Many German Jew Refugees
with subheads. (see) Other news of the day... Read full description -
Item #713432CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, November 16, 1938
* Kristallnacht - crystal night - vandalism
* Persecution of Jews - Jewish property
* Roman Catholic Church & priests censored
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... Read full description -
Item #570729THE 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"... Read full description -
Item #568875FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, November 16, 1938
* re. Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* The night of broken glass
* Persecution of Jews
This 12 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "Roosevelt Denunciation Of Nazi Acts Includes Treatment of Catholics" with subheads. (see)
Other news of... Read full description -
Item #673711THE 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... Read full description -
Item #578084LEOMINSTER 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... Read full description -
Item #662471SAN 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... Read full description -
Item #697088SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, November 22, 1938
* Post Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Persecution of Jews continues
* Search for a homeland - Jewish
The top of the front page has a seven column heading: "Hitler Rages Over Jewish Haven" with subheads. (see) Coverage on the ongoing persecution of Jews shortly after Kristallnacht... Read full description -
Item #673710THE 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... Read full description -
Item #615817THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 24, 1938
* Post Crystal Night (Kristallnacht)
* Persecution of Jews continues
* Jewish property in jeopardy
The front page has one column headings: "REICH LEVIES 20% ON JEWS' PROPERTY", "Taxes Holdings of All Worth More Than 5,000 Marks to Meet Huge Fine" Coverage on the ongoing... Read full description -
Item #654663THE NEW YORK TIMES, section 4 only, November 27, 1938
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Eviction of Jews from area villages
* Jewish wealth studied
Page 5 of this section has a two column headline: "NAZIS IN FINAL PHASE OF THEIR WAR ON JEWS" with subhead: "Program of Ruthless Expropriation Before Expulsion From Germany Is... Read full description -
Item #589086THE 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... Read full description -
Item #653469THE 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.... Read full description -
Item #656822CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Dec. 17, 1938
* Phillip Musica - F. Donald Coster
* Italian swindler suicide death in NYC
* McKesson & Robbins scandal of 1938
The front page has a great banner headline: "GREAT SWINDLE STORY TOLD" with subheads. Nice for display. More on pages 2 & 3. Full back page pictorial with another banner heading as... Read full description -
Item #653439THE 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... Read full description -
Item #716770THE NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 26, 1938
* Karel Capek death (1st report)
* Czech science Fiction writer
* "War with the Newts" fame
The top of page 23 has a one column heading: "KAREL CAPEK DIES; CZECH WRITER" with subheads and photo. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other... Read full description -
Item #653466THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 1, 1939
* Joseph Goebbels - propaganda minister
* New Year's radio address to Germany
The top of page 16 has a one column heading: "GOEBBELS AT HOME FOR RADIO SPEECH" with subheads. (see) I suspect this is one of the few publications to report this particular event as other titles in our... Read full description -
Item #674550PACIFIC 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 ... Read full description -
Item #664902MAGAZINE SECTION of the New York Times, Jan. 29, 1939
* Adolph Hitler rules Germany
* Hitler Youth photo
The front page has a pro-Hitler illustration with banner heading: "Doubts Rise, But Hitler's Power Holds" which is a editorial by Harold Callender. Continues inside with a few related photos including one of the Hitler... Read full description -
Item #688217FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., January 31, 1939
* Hitler calls for Jewish extermination
The top of the front page has a three column headline: "British Premier Lauds Hitler's Speech; Cites Promises Duce Made" with subheads. (see) Text of Hitler's speech is on page 4. This is considered one of the more blatant... Read full description -
Item #673516THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, North Carolina, Feb. 2, 1939 The banner headline declares: "HITLER PROMISES SUPPORT FOR MUSSOLINI" with subheads including: THE REICHSTAG HEARS DEMAND OF CHANCELLOR FOR LAND, TRADE", "Fuehrer Warns The United States Not To Interrupt Nazi Program in South America, Raps Ickes".
Included... Read full description -
Item #219087THE NEW YORK TIMES: New York, NY. This issue is dated February 4, 1939 and is in good condition.The front page of this issue reads, "Goebbels Ends Careersof Five 'Aryan' Actors Who Made Witticisms About the Nazi Regime." This article discusses the banishment of five German actors from the stage on the account that they did not favor the Nazi... Read full description -
Item #689501CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, February 10, 1939
* Pope Pius XI death (1st report)
* Vatican City, Rome, Italy
The front page has a nice banner headline: "DEATH TAKES POPE PIUS XI" with subheads. More on pages 6 & 7 with full page pictorial.
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine. -
Item #715700THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 10, 1939
* Pope Pius XI death (1st report)
* Vatican City, Rome, Italy
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "POPE PIUS IS DEAD AT THE AGE OF 81; CARDINALS AT BEDSIDE IN THE VATICAN AS END COMES IN SUDDEN SINKING SPELL" with many subheads and photo of Pius XI. Loads of text continues inside with a few... Read full description -
Item #653678THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 12, 1939
* Persecution of Jews in Germany
* Nazis to ease restrictions ?
* World War II looms
The top of the front page has a two column headline: "GERMANY TO PERMIT JEWS TO RE-ENTER TRADE FIELDS UNTIL THEY CAN EMIGRATE" with subheads. (see) Things would only get worse for the Jews in Germany with... Read full description -
Item #682536THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, Feb. 14, 1939 The front page reports: "BRANDEIS, 82, RETIRES FROM SUPREME COURT; HAD SERVED 23 YEARS" with related subheads and a photo of him headed: "Noted Liberal Leaves Bench".
Louis Brandeis was the first Jewish U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
Complete in 16 pages, nice condition.... Read full description -
Item #687517CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 14, 1939
* Louis D. Brandeis retires (1st report)
* 1st Jewish Supreme Court justice
The front page has a great banner headline: "NEW VACANCY ON HIGH COURT" with subheads. Nice for display. A few related photos are on the back page. Always nice to have notable events in history... Read full description -
Item #642615THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 15, 1939
* Battleship Bismarck launching
* Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine
* Adolph Hitler ceremony speech
Page 4 has one column headings that include: "HITLER AT SHIP FETE DEPLORES INTRIGUE" "Lauds Iron Chancellor at the Launching of 35,000-Ton Warship Bismarck" and more. (see) I suspect this... Read full description -
Item #719580THE DETROIT NEWS, Feb. 23, 1939
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Jews ordered to give up valuables
* German economist Walther Funk
Page 3 has a somewhat discrete one column heading: "Jews in Germany Must Give Up Jewels" (see image)
Complete with 56 pages, rag edition in nice condition.
AI notes: On February 23, 1939,... Read full description -
Item #653681THE NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 23, 1939
* Jewish persecution in Nazi Germany
* 100 Jews each day must leave Berlin
* Judaica community to produce names
The front page has a one column heading: "100 JEWS EACH DAY MUST LEAVE REICH" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the ongoing persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany.
Other news of... Read full description -
Item #211608LIBERTY magazine, New York, February 25, 1939. This is the complete issue of this popular title with a nice color cover showing a magician with a little girl and boy doing a trick on the boy (see photo). The back page has a nice color ad for Camel cigarettes. Includes stories entitled "Why Mussolini Turned on the Jews" and "What the Champions Are Up... Read full description -
Item #615821THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 4, 1939
* Mahatma Gandhi's "Fast Until Death"
* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Jews being segregated
The front page has a two column headline: "Gandhi's 'Fast Until Death' Starts in Rajkot As Protest Against State's Autocratic Rule"
Also one column headlines on page 2 include:... Read full description -
Item #702548NEW YORK TIMES, March 6, 1939
* Mahatma Gandhi - "Fast Unto Death"
* Jews and Aryans - separated at work
Two notable front-page reports, the first with two column heads: "Germany Drafts Jews for Work; Sets Them Apart from 'Aryans' " "Aim Is to Meet Pledge Made to Rublee and to... Read full description -
Item #653777THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 12, 1939
* Marble Hill, Manhattan
* Annexation to the Bronx
* James J. Lyons political stunt
* "The Bronx Sudetenland"
The top of page 43 has a one column heading: "MARBLE HILL AREA ANNEXED TO BRONX" with subheads and related photo. (see) Probably only reported in a New York City... Read full description -
Item #660784THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 15, 1939
* Czechoslovakia surrenders to Adolph Hitler
* Annexation of the country to the Third Reich
* Creation of the Slovak Republic - Nazi Germany
The top of the front page has a five column headline: "TROOPS OF FOUR NATIONS CONTEND FOR RUTHENIA AS HITLER DISSOLVES CZECHO-SLOVAK REPUBLIC... Read full description -
Item #702252THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 17, 1939
* Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
* Adolf Hitler occupation of Czechoslovakia
* Slovakia Independence - Pre World War II
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "SLOVAKIA NOW HITLER 'PROTECTORATE'" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage continues... Read full description
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