Ränzlein 1942, Ein Jahrbüchlein für die deutsche Jugend (A Little Knapsack Yearbook for the German Youth) published for the Reichsverband für Deutsche Jugendherbergen (DJH, the German Youth Hostel organization) in Berlin by Deutscher Heimat-Verlag in Bielefeld in 1941. Note the DJH logo incorporating the HJ diamond on the front cover. Author Otto Scholz is listed as "currently a Hauptmann and Battalion Commander in the Wehrmacht". The illustrations, many of Hitler Youth boys and BdM girls, in this 4-1/8 x 5-¾ inch, 48 page softcover publication are by Ilse Mau. |
The book has stories for German boys and girls about adventures, history, animals, the Lilienthal brothers, Christmas Eve in German Southwest Africa, the weather, a patriotic story about the importance of being German, a short quote from a speech by Adolf Hitler, a poem by a DRK nurse, and a calendar for 1942. |
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