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This lot consists of two original heavily illustrated Third Reich pieces of travel ephemera from 1938 in the English language.
Welcome to Germany is a 4 x 8-7/8 inch color brochures which folds out to 31-½ inches (!) and highlights the history, culture, varied scenery, different climates and foods of the country, and is highly complimentary to Adolf Hitler. It was published by the Reichsbahnzentrale deutsches Reiseverkehr (DRV - the German Railways Tourist Traffic Organization - also abbreviated RDV) in Berlin with wonderful watercolor art by Hermann Schneider. It is undated but the DRV catalog number reveals it dates to 1938.
World Travel Service Wagons-Lits / Cook produced the 1938 brochure on Köln - Cologne, the historic city in the Rhineland. The 4-5/8 x 8-1/4 inch brochure has 48 glossy fold-out pages measuring 8-1/4 x 9-1/8 inches with text in German, English and French. Chapters cover the history of Cologne and the Rhineland, how to see the city by car, suggested routes for afternoon car excursions outside the city, Rhine river cruises and escorted bus tours. There are photos of famous sights in Cologne and along the Rhine, a few maps, and advertising by hotels, bus companies, photo processing shops, even Zeiss binoculars and Henckels silverware.
Both original 85 year old Nazi German travel brochures are in very fine, little used conditon. They were carefully saved and stored and the colors are still very bright. No writing, no tape, no odor. Rare!
TWO FINE ORIGINAL HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED ENGLISH LANGUAGE TOURIST BROCHURES FOR TRAVELERS TO
NAZI GERMANY
This lot of two 1938 English language tourist brochures for travelers to Nazi Germany is
for sale for $75.00 delivered by 1st Class Mail in the USA.
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1938 NAZI TOURIST INFORMATION WELCOME TO GERMANY & COLOGNE