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VERY HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED NAZI DEFENSE-TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINES
WIRTSCHAFTS-ILLUSTRIERTE ARBEIT UND WEHR
(ILLUSTRATED ECONOMICS MAGAZINE INDUSTRY AND DEFENSE)
Nazi Magazine center spread
Above, a typical two-page center spread in ,,Wirtschafts-Illustrierte Arbeit und Wehr’’
The heavily illustrated magazine ,,Wirtschafts-Illustrierte Arbeit und Wehr’’ (Illustrated Economics Magazine - Industry and Defense) was published four times per month in Third Reich Germany by Verlag Hans Wilhelm Rödiger in Berlin. Each 9 x 12-1/4 inch very heavily illustrated 16 - 36 page issue cost 30 pfennigs. A one year subscription cost RM8.58 and the price for six months was RM4.29.

All issues contain a wealth of information and dozens of photographs of war industries and the military economy in Germany and abroad, defense technology, new construction techniques, new weapons, aircraft, military vehicles, machinery, railways, electronics, war art, etc. The magazines announce important war news, innovations, manufacturing advances, Knights Cross of the Iron Cross winners, etc. Each article or feature is accompanied by detailed black and white photos of the subject. Every issue also has a fine selection of period advertising.
Nazi Magazines A Lot A consists of the 4th January and 3rd and 4th February issues of 1941 containing about 72 pages.

Very good condition.
Some of the subjects covered in the magazines of Lot A are:
Industries of Oberschlesien, Air Traffic in Africa, Bulgaria, Wehrmacht Pioniere Bridge Builders, Japanese Subways, Women Chimney Sweeps, Manufacturing of Propellers, Ireland, Semitrailer Busses, Wehrmacht Tropical Chemistry, Knights Cross Winners, Spanish Islands in the Atlantic.

Advertising from Giesche porcelain, various banks, Reichswerk Hermann Göring, Sachs bicycles, NSU, etc
Nazi Magazines B Lot B consists of the 1st April 1941, 2nd May 1941 and the 2nd April 1943 issues containing about 56 pages.

Very good condition
Some of the subjects covered in the magazines of Lot B are:
the German Afrika Korps in Photos, American Defense Manufacturing, Wehrmacht Construction Companies, Manufacturing Aircraft Motors, Military Training in the Arbeitsdienst (RAD), Dropping Military Supplies by Parachute, Recapping Tires, the Protektorate, Japan’s Foreign Minister Matsuoka in Berlin, Oil Wells at Baku, Gebirgsjäger Radio Men, the Bombing of England 1941 - 1942, Technische Nothilfe (TENO), Horse Shoeing in the Cavalry, Miniature Railroads, Multi-Wing Aircraft, Training Nurses for the Tropics.

Advertising from Lanz Bulldog tractors, Mercedes office machines, Bayer aspirin, nylon stockings, Exakta cameras, etc.
Nazi Magazines C Lot C consists of the 3rd January, 4th March and 2nd October issues of 1941 containing about 80 pages.

Very good condition.
Some of the subjects covered in the magazines of Lot C are:
U-Boots Surrounding England, 2000 Kilometer Highway in Norway, Air Traffic in Europe from Berlin, Farm Equipment School, Vitamins, Return of the Volksdeutschen to Lithuania, Ladies Fashions, Panzer Advances in the East, German Air Power in the Mediterranean, Chemicals at War, Plastics on the Move, Synthetic Yarn, Synthetic Textiles, Wartime Paint, Chemicals for Export, Afghanistan, German U-Boots, Claims of Hitler Being Killed in US Newspapers, Luftwaffe Major Lützow’s 89th Victory, Cooking Meals for the Wehrmacht on Trains.

Advertising from Vasenol foot powder, Hotel Astoria (formerly the Hotel Wilson) in Prag, Busch razors, Lutz barracks, I.G. Farben, Henkel, Cellophan, Röhm & Haas, Sunlight soap, Bayer, Merck, German helmets,
Nazi Magazines D Lot D consists of the 2nd January 1941, 1st November 1941 and 2nd September 1942 issue containing about 56 pages.

Very good condition.
Some of the subjects covered in the magazines of Lot D are:
Motorization in Land Warfare, Soviet Armament Manufacturing, Oil from Plants, the Latest Knights Cross Winners (Bär, Hahn, Philipp, Hoffmann, Lützow, Gollob, Graf Scholtz, Wilke, Siegler, Hein), Research Hospitals, Torpedoes, President Roosevelt, the Dutch Labor Service (RAD), Soviet Farm Hands, Carrara Marble, Flak Units, Manufacturing Parachutes for Fallschirmjäger Troops, the Italian War Economy, Wooden Shoe Manufacturing in Germany, Flying Fields for the Assault on England.

Advertising from Mercedes-Benz, Krupp, Ford, Phänomen, Henschel, NSU, Sachs, Zündapp, Victoria, Triumph, Hanomag and Hercules military vehicles, RWS ammunition, the Reichsbahn, etc.
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