Nazi Magazine with SS Feature Story

NAZI SS PHOTO FEATURE MAGAZINE

,,MEINE EHRE HEISST TREUE -
DIE SS UND IHRE AUFGABEN’’
(MY HONOR IS LOYALTY - THE SS AND ITS TASKS)
A LARGE PHOTO FEATURE IN THE
MÜNCHNER ILLUSTRIERTE PRESSE

This is the Münchner Illustrierte Presse of 26 July 1934, a large 11 x 15 inch, 28 page illustrated weekly magazine published by Verlag Knorr & Hirth in München (Munich), Germany.

A large round dot containing SS runes on the front cover calls the reader’s attention to a major article about Adolf Hitler’s SS and its task. This was probably the first introduction many Germans had to the concept of Hitler’s private bodyguards.

The 4-page, 15 photo article shows the SS of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler in many of its roles. The article explains that Himmler is the Commander of the Gestapo and that the SS was the first security tool of the Nazi movement.

It explains that the double sig-rune is the symbol of the SS and that the SS provides the guards at the Martyrs Monument at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. It further explains the meaning of the SS motto ,,Meine Ehre Heisst Treue’’.

There are pictures of SS-Gruppenführer Kurt Wittje (2), SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, SS-Gruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich (3), SS-Gruppenführer and Reichsminister Walter Darré (4) and SS-Oberführer Karl Wolf (5). Part of the series of pictures shows SS men undergoing medical examinations, studying swastikas and other runic symbols, riding horses, on parade and taking physical training.

Nanga Parbat, the German Himalayas Expedition of 1934

The other major article in this issue of Münchner Illustrierte Presse is about the heroes of Nanga Parbat, the German Himalayas Expedition of 1934. There is also a photo story of the gold guards of “Uncle Sam’s Vaults”. The magazine has the usual advertising and many other photo features including one showing Hans Stuck, the Porsche Wagen Auto Union automobile racer who won the Grand Prize of Germany in 1934.

Very good condition.

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