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NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, August 31, 1939 

* World War II about to start (eve) 
* Adolph Hitler defying the World 
* Poland attacked the next day 

The top of the front page has a banner headline: "LONDON CLAMPS ON CENSORSHIP; BRITAIN MOBILIZING COMPLETELY" with many subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Germany would attack Poland the next day, starting World War II.
Complete with 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, generally in good…

BOSTON AMERICAN, Sept. 9, 1939  

* Graf Zeppelin blows up ???
* World War II WWII starts
* Nazis invasion on Poland
* Blitzkrieg

A tabloid-size newspaper with the front page taken up with: "NAZI ORDER CUTS POLAND" and then: "London Reports GRAF ZEP BLOWN UP", the latter being untrue.
The back page has: "HAND-TO-HAND FIGHT IN WARSAW" and 2 related photos.
Complete in 28 pages, 4 wide binding slits at the blank spine, minor margin tears.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 13, 1946

* Jewish persecution continues
* Post World War II Poland

This 28 page newspaper has one column headlines on the front page: "22 MORE MURDERS CHARGED IN POLAND"
"Spread of Pogrom Feared--Tennenbaum Chides Cardinal, Hints at Plea to Vatican" with coverage of the ongoing persecution of Jews after the end of World war II.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout. Rag edition in great condition. Complete.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 11, 1944 

* Warsaw Uprising 
* Polish resistance Home Army 
* Nazi Germany 

Page 14 has an editorial with one column headings: "Poland Continues to Fight" and "Warsaw in Midst of Third Attempt to Oust Enemy Occupants" See images for text on the Warsaw Uprising. Germany would eventually take control once again. This is not to be confused with the "Warsaw Ghetto Uprising" of 1943.
Other news, sports and various advertisements of the day throughout with much on…

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 29, 1939 

* World War II about to start in 3 days
* Adolph Hitler defying the World 
* Poland invasion is imminent ?

The top of the front page has a five column headline: "CHAMBERLAIN PUTS WAR OR PEACE UP TO HITLER, FLEET HELD IN READINESS" with many subheads and related photo. (see images) They would attack in 3 days which started World War II.
Complete with 24 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 21, 1940

* Creation of the Lublin Ghetto - Jews
* Early stages of the Jewish holocaust

Page 24 has a one column heading: "NEW DEPORTATIONS OF JEWS REPORTED" with subheads. (see) Early coverage on the creation of the Lublin Ghetto in Poland.
Complete 1st section only with all 38 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

BOSTON EVENING TRANSCRIPT, September 27, 1939.
 
* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw surrenders
* World War II WWII beginning
* German invasion of Poland

The front page has a nice banner headline announcing: "3000 DIE IN WARSAW 'INFERNO'" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with all 22 pages, light toning at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., January 17, 1945

* Liberation of Warsaw Poland by the Russians

The front page has a banner headline: "WARSAW LIBERATED BY REDS" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display.

Complete with 10 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally very nice.

High-resolution digital image of the NEW YORK JOURNAL AMERICAN--EXTRA, Sept. 1, 1939 (dramatic front page)

* World War II begins -- initial start
* Adolf Hitler defies the World

DANZIGER VORPOSTEN (Danzig Outpost), 1944 "The Official Organ of the Nazi Party..." as translated from the masthead, from this occupied Polish city, present-day Gdansk. The masthead includes the eagle with a swastika. Offers an interesting view of WWII from the Nazi perspective.
Complete in four pages, folio size, some chipping & tears at the margins, rejoined at the spine, totally in the German language. 

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, August 29, 1939 

* Adolph Hitler defying World 
* Poland about to be attacked 

This 8 page newspaper has a three column headline on the front page: "BRITISH STAND IS CHEERED IN HOUSE TODAY" with subheads and related photo. More  inside.

Other news of day throughout. Lite browning with little margin wear, otherwise in good condition..

wikipedia notes: The Invasion of Poland (1939) precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi…

LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Leominster, Massachusetts, August 22, 1939

* World War II close
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland about to be attacked

This 8 page newspaper has a five column headline on the front page: "FRANCE COUNTERS ON GERMAN, SOVIET PACT" with subheads (see images). Other news of day. Minor margin wear, otherwise good.

wikipedia notes: The Invasion of Poland (1939) precipitated World War II. It was carried out by Nazi Germany, the Soviet Union, and a small…

This issue is being offered as a piece of history.  Issues with content related to the numerous atrocities perpetrated upon humanity during this era help to verify what some feebly attempt to deny. It's interesting to note that many such reports never made it to the front page... and in the case of numerous newspapers... never made it to print at all. We at Rare Newspapers offer such items being mindful of Sir Winston Churchill's famous quote:  "Those who fail to learn from history are doomed…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 7, 1939

* Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech
* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)

The front page has a nice banner headline: "WE'LL ACCEPT TRUCE--NAZIS" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2 with related map. Photo on the back page.
Complete with 28 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

Note: On October 6, 1939, shortly after Germany's swift conquest of Poland, Adolf Hitler delivered…

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 the Jewish population was most prevalent. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 27, 1940

* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations - atrocities

The top of page 8 has a one column heading: "WOMAN OF POLAND DEPICT ITS MISERY" with subhead: "EXTERMINATION HELD AIM" and more. See images for coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland where extermination of the Jewish population was most prevalent.
Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was…

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 to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being known.

What better…

CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, October 11, 1939

* re. Adolph Hitler's Reichstag speech
* Asks the World for peace ? (ruse)

The front page has a nice banner headline: "CALLS HITLER PEACE 'A RUSE'" with subheads. (see images) Lengthy text continues on page 2.
Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in very nice condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

Note: On October 6, 1939, shortly after Germany's swift conquest of Poland, Adolf Hitler delivered a speech to the Reichstag that…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 26, 1940

* Jewish - Jews - Judaica
* Nazi-occupied Poland

This 44 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 3 that include: "2,000 Intellectuals Disappear In Warsaw" and "Nazi Round-Up of Professionals Is Reported in Paris". This is coverage on the persecution of Jews in Poland early into World War II.

Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being known. What better evidence to confirm of what…

THE 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 in history reported in this World famous publication. 1938 was a very tumultuous time in Germany with the persecution of Jews growing worse and worse.
Other news, sports…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 14, 1943

* Jewish Holocaust coming to light
* Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Poland
* Mention of the Palmiry massacres

The top of page 37 has a one column heading: "TYRANNY OF NAZIS IN WARSAW SHOWN" with subheads. (see) See photos for coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland where extermination of the Jewish population was most prevalent. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being realized.
…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 7, 1943

* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* German occupied Poland
* Jewish resistance - Jews

The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "Battle Is Reported In Warsaw's Ghetto" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in German occupied Poland.  I suspect news such as this was kept secret by the Nazis as long as it could be hidden, giving the reason for the late report here in this famous NYC publication.
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in nice…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, November 14, 1943

* Jewish Holocaust being known for the 1st time
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations
* Lomza & Bialystok ghettos

Page 3 has small and somewhat discrete one column headings: "2,500 Poles Executed" "Mass Executions in Lomza and Bialystok Reported" (see image)
See photo for brief coverage on the ongoing atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland where extermination of the Jewish population was most prevalent. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this…

THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, August 27, 1939 

* World War II about to start
* Adolph Hitler defying World 
* Poland attacked in 4 days

The front page has a nice banner headline: "QUEST FOR PEACE CONTINUES" with subheads and related photo. (see images) More inside. Germany would attack Poland 4 days later, starting World War II.
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning, a little margin wear, generally in good condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 14, 1944

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Nazi-occupied Poland exterminations

This 36 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 4: "GERMAN MASSACRE OF 10,000 REPORTED" and "Poles Charge Wholesale Killings in Lwow as Foe Flees Russian Advance" See photos for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being known. What better evidence to…

BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany. Sept. 7, 1939  This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era. And this was the first issue printed after the Nazi invasion of Poland on September 1.
The front page shows a German bomber pilot on mission over Poland. There are many war-related photos inside including one of Hitler and Goring, another of Hitler speaking to a large crowd; and a nearly full page of Hitler speaking, with Goring in the…

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. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being known.

What better…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 14, 1941 

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public 
* Nazi-occupied Poland - Polish Ghettos 

This 100+ page Sunday newspaper has one column headings on page 31: "DEATH RATE SOARS IN POLISH GHETTOS", "Rises as Much as 15 Times the Normal in Some Places, Dr. Henry Szoszkies Reports", "Many Facing Starvation", and more. See photo for coverage on the atrocities in Nazi-occupied Poland. Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality…

NEW YORK WORLD-TELEGRAM, September 11, 1939 

* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
* World War II WWII beginning
* Nazis invasion of Poland

The front page has a nice banner headline: "POLES REPORT WARSAW GAINS" with subheads and 2 related photos. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with 30 pages, light toning at the margins, some small binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

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 of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia.

Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. A little margin wear, otherwise in good…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1944

* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* German occupied Poland
* Jewish resistance - Jews

The top of page 5 has one column headings: "POLE TELLS STORY OF GHETTO BATTLE" "Nine-Day Conflict in Warsaw Began Spontaneously, Says Underground Courier", "Germans' Losses Heavy" "3,000 Jews Used Smuggled and home-Made Arms Against Big Force". (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout with much on World War II. Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in…

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: "CZECHS YIELD TO POLAND; GERMAN ARMY MARCHES INTO FIRST SUDETENLAND ZONE" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 16…

BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany, March 7, 1940  This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era and the beginning months of World War II. Hitler had invaded Poland just 7 months prior.
The issue has some war-related photos. The issue is focused on Nazi propaganda.
Tabloid-size, complete in about 40 pages, nice condition.

BERLINER ILLUSETRIRTE ZEITUNG (Berlin Illustrated Newspaper), Germany, March 21, 1940  This was the "Life" magazine of Germany from during the Nazi era and the beginning months of World War II. Hitler had invaded Poland just 7 months prior.
The issue begins & ends with with war-related photos, one including Herman Goring. The issue is focused on Nazi propaganda.
Tabloid-size, complete in about 40 pages, wear at the margins, otherwise good condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 30, 1937

* Karol Szymanowski death
* Polish composer & pianist
* Modernism - Young Poland

The top of page 24 has a one column heading: "K. SYZMANOWSKI, COMPOSER, IS DEAD" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete with all 46 pages, rag edition in nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1943

* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure
* German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities
* Jewish resistance - Jews

This 30 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 6: "ALL WARSAW JEWS HELD 'LIQUIDATED'" "Rabbi Miller Gets Report of Final Massacre After 60 Nazis Had Been Slain in Ghetto" See photos for text on the end of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. 
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day throughout with much on World War II. Rag edition in…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 15, 1940

* Warsaw, Poland Ghetto established
* Jewish - Jews - Judaica
* Nazi-occupied Europe

This 80+ page Sunday edition newspaper has small one column headlines on page 7 that read: "New Warsaw Ghetto Described In Berlin" and "Jews May Leave Walled Area Only With Nazi Permit". Brief coverage on establishment & description of the largest Jewish Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe. Most of the residents in this famous area would eventually be exterminated by…

THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 30, 1944

* Nazi concentration camp exposed for 1st time
* Horrors of Majdanek revealed

A two column heading near the bottom of the front page reads: "Germans Admit Big Slaughter Of Many Men, Women, Children" Coverage on the horrors revealed at the Majdanek concentration camp at Lublin, Poland.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on World War II. Complete in 16 pages, minor margin wear, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 8, 1945 

* Franklin D. Roosevelt - Churchill - Stalin
* Yalta Conference re. Germany & post war Europe
* Battle of the Bulge - General George S. Patton
* Photos at Camp O'Donnell - "Bataan Death March" 

The front page has a banner headline: "BIG 3 SET FINAL STEPS TO CRUSH GERMANY, TURN TO PEACE ISSUES IN BLACK TALK; U. S. 3D ARMY INVADES REICH AT 10 POINTS" with subheads.(see images)
And page 3 has a pictorial with 5 photos of Camp O'Donnell after the…

NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 7, 1945  

* Jewish holocaust coming to an end 
* Extermination of Jews collapsing 
* Russians gaining ground in Germany 

Page 6 has a small one column heading: "A New Nazi Pogrom Upset by Russians" (see images) Also a photo on the same page showing Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels addressing the home guard.
What better evidence to confirm of what really happened then having a 1st hand account from the day it was first reported.
Much reporting on current events…

GRIT, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, September 10, 1939 

* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
* World War II WWII beginning
* Nazis invade Poland
* FRONT LEAF ONLY ***

The front page has a nice banner headline: "Warsaw, Bombed and Afire, Calls Women to Fight; London, in Rebuff to Goering, Plans Three-Year War; German Troops Begin Counter-Attack on West Front" with various subheads. (see images)
This is the FRONT LEAF ONLY (pages 1 & 2), small piece torn away along the blank spine, two small holes near the center,…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 12, 1943 

* Krakow and Lodz ghettos erased 
* Severe persecution of Polish Jews  
* Jewish Holocaust heats up in Poland
* World War II - WWII Europe 

Near the bottom of page 5 is a one column heading: "Nazis Erase Ghettos In Two Polish Cities" with subhead. (see image) 
Complete with all 42 pages, rag edition in very nice condition.

Background: The liquidation of the Kraków Ghetto in March 1943 and the industrial isolation of the Łódź Ghetto represent a critical shift in the…

ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, August 19, 1939

* World War II about to start
* Adolph Hitler defying World
* Poland about to be attacked

The top of the front page has a four column headline: "GERMANS TAKER MILITARY POSSESSION OF SLOVAKIA; TROOPS LINE POLISH BORDER" with subheads. (see)
Complete with all 14 pages, light toning and very minor wear at the margins, small binding holes along the spine, generally very nice.

THE 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. Council Patience" "80 Street Designations That Honor Jews Are Altered--Poland Seizes Property" See photos for coverage on the ongoing Jewish holocaust in Nazi Germany.
Other news,…

Warsaw Ghetto uprising...

THE NEW YORK TIMES, New York, October 28, 1943

* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* German occupied Poland...  Jewish resistance
* SS Normandie salvage completed

This 48 page newspaper has an editorial on page 22 with heading: "Supermen At Warsaw". See photo for text on the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. Also a a two column headline on page 25: "Great Ship That Burned and Capsized in February, 1942, Ready to Be Fitted Out--Salvage Most Difficult in History"

This issue contains other news, sports and…

THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 23, 1943

* Jewish Holocaust becoming reality to the public
* Rovno, Eastern Poland prison camp massacre

Page 6 has a brief article headed: "Whole Population Of Prison Executed" "Germans Retaliate for Attempted Break Fatal to Two Guards" (see) Rare to find such reports in newspapers at this time as the reality of the holocaust was just being known. What better evidence to confirm of what really happened then having a 1st hand account from the day it was first…

CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, September 9, 1939 

* Blitzkrieg - Warsaw
* World War II WWII starts
* Nazis invade Poland

The front page has a nice banner headline: "BOMB SIEGFRIED LINE FORTS; Nazis Strike at Polish Morale by Fake Warsaw Broadcasts" with various subheads. (see images) Nice for display. A few related photos are on the back page.
Complete with 32 pages, rag edition in great condition. A few small binding holes along the spine.

NEW YORK TIMES, Nov. 26, 1940

* Warsaw, Poland Ghetto established
* Jewish - Jews - Judaica
* Nazi occupied Europe

Page 8 has a two column head announcing: "Walls Will Enclose Warsaw Jews Today; 500,000 Begin 'New Life' in Nazi-Built Ghetto".
This is early coverage of the establishment of the largest Jewish Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe. Most of the residents in this infamous area would eventually be exterminated by the Nazis during the war.
This is one of the few publications to…

MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE, April 24, 1945

* Concentration camp for children found
* Jewish holocaust realization

The front page has a two column heading: "Camp of 'Slave Children' Freed by Russian Troops" First report coverage of a concentration camp for children that was found by Russian troops in Poland. What better evidence to confirm of what really happened then having a 1st hand account from the day it was first reported.
Also a front page photo showing captured Hitler youth.…

TAUNTON DAILY NEWS, Mass., November 24, 1942

* The Jewish Holocaust in progress
* Extermination of Polish Jews ordered
* Heinrich Himmler - trains packed

The bottom of the front page is a two column heading: "Assert Himmler Order Extermination of Half Of Jews in Poland" with subhead. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day with much on other World War II events. Complete in 12 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.