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BAYERISCHE ZEITUNG 4 MARCH 1941 FROM THE GESTAPO ARCHIVE IN MUNICH

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The front page also has an interesting article about evacuated children from Hamburg that were resettled in Bavaria through the Kinderlandverschickung (KLV) organization, with the help of Gauleiter Adolf Wagner. Dr. Fritz Todt had made the Reichsautobahn Raststätte at the Chiemsee available, and children were also housed at the Adolf-Hitler-Jugendherberge in Berchtesgaden as well as in youth hostels in Bad Tölz, Oberammergau, Mittenwald and other picturesque Bavarian villages.

There are also articles about Japanese military successes in China, British barrage balloons over Sweden, heavy fighting in North Africa, the real purpose of the visit by British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to Turkey (the occupation of Suria), successful Luftwaffe raids on London and Tobruk, the funeral ceremony for exiled Spanish King Alfons XIII in Rome, Rudolf Hess’ visit to a RAD camp for women, the Leipziger Messe, King Henry III of France, and more.

This is the original 8-page Monday 4 March 1941 edition of the Bayerische Zeitung published in Munich. It is from the archive of the Geheime Staatspolizei in Munich and has an original Gestapo stamp above the masthead.

We have two consecutive issues of Bayerische Zeitung, both from the Gestapo archive. See link to the 3 March 1941 edition near the bottom of this USMBOOKS web page.

The anti-British cartoon shown above refers to Winston Churchill as the bogeyman of the world, with "the bible in one hand and a sword in the other, in a lake of blood and tears."

There is also local Bavarian news and obituaries as well as want ads. Note the great need for competent and efficient household help, shop girls, and housekeeping personnel in hotels. Circus Krone was advertising their new daily show, and black-out curtains for air raids were also being offered for sale.

This rare Third Reich newspaper is from the archive of the Geheime Staatspolizei in Munich. Note the Gestapo stamp above the masthead (below).

The front page of the 14 x 20 inch Nazi newspaper has all the latest news on the Wehrmacht invasion of Bulgaria that started on 2 March 1941.

This 82 year old Nazi newspaper has photos of DRK nurses caring for Wehrmacht soldiers, and a rare picture of Hitler at the Berghof (above) officially accepting the credentials of the new Japanese ambassador Hiroshi Oshima with Nazi Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop present.

Also available for sale on USMBOOKS, the previous day's edition of Bayerische Zeitung, the Gestapo archive copy dated 3 March 1941. If purchased together at the same time, we offer these two historic World War II German newspapers for $100.00.

                              There are reports about advances by German ground troops - soldiers of reconnaissance outfits, tanks, engineers, artillery, motorized and communication troops, all advancing without any fighting or resistance. Other reports mention welcoming Bulgarian citizens and Bulgaria expressing gratitude after becoming a member of the Axis.