RARE ORIGINAL THIRD REICH GERMAN TRAVEL GUIDEBOOKS

Most book collectors will know that it is easy to find and buy travel guidebooks for European destinations for years before 1933 and after 1945. Finding original Third Reich and World War II editions in good condition for a reasonable price in the German language is difficult, and in the English language it is becoming nearly impossible. On this USMBOOKS web page we offer the web's largest selection of rare original Third Reich Reiseführer or travel guides. There are rare examples in German and in the English language and all are individually priced.

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ORIGINAL 1937 GRIEBEN THIRD REICH TRAVEL GUIDE GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN

This original 1937 Grieben guidebook of Garmisch-Partenkirchen is for sale for $55.00 delivered by Media Mail in the continental USA

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ORIGINAL 1939 GRIEBEN THIRD REICH TRAVEL GUIDE DOLOMITEN (SÜD-TIROL - NORTHERN ITALY)

This original 1939 Grieben guidebook of the Dolomites is offered for sale for $45.00 delivered by Media Mail in the continental USA

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This is a rare original 4-1/8 x 6-1/8 inch, 130 page hardcover Grieben Reiseführer or travel guidebook for Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze und Mittenwald dated 1937. This is the 11th Edition with 7 maps and 10 photos and illustrations. It covers the area in southern Bavaria mentioned in the title as well as the Mad Ludwig royal palaces near Füssen, the route to Innsbrück and has a special winter sports appendix.

This Nazi guidebook starts with a map of Germany showing the location of Garmisch-Partenkirchen where the 1936 Winter Olympics were held, and the routes to get to the area. Other maps show the mountains and peaks around Garmisch-Partenkirchen, highways and alpine passes near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the area between Munich and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and city maps of downtown Innsbruck and Garmisch-Partenkirchen.

Chapters include information on the geography of the area, animal and plant life, population, the tourist industry, etc. Then of course, practical details about traffic, hotels, spas, crossing alpine passes, cablecars, winter and summer sport possibilities, etc.. There are hiking trip suggestions, scenic alpine drives, etc.   There are photos of the Zugspitze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen in spring, Schloss Linderhof, the public swimming pool at Oberammergau, and others.

This 1937 Grieben Reiseführer Band 165 for Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Zugspitze and Mittenwald is complete and in good used condition and even the original 85 year old Kartensucher, a little pull-out ruler to help read the maps, is still there.

This is an original 4 x 6 inch, 208 page softcover Grieben Reiseführer or travel guidebook for the Dolomiten, the Dolomite Mountains in northern Italy straight south of Munich and Innsbruck in Nazi Germany. This is the 5th Edition from 1939 with 87 maps and 18 photos and illustrations. It covers the area south of the Brenner Pass and has a special section with information for people traveling by car.

Inside the front cover is a big 11 x 13-½ inch color map of the area from Munich to Venice. Inside the back cover is a 14 x 15 inch color fold-out map with Brixen (Bressanone in Süd Tirol) in the north , Bolzano in the west, Belluno in the east and to Trient and Vittorio in the Veneto in the south. It includes the famous Italian ski resorts of Cortina d'Ampezzo and Castelrotto.

Chapters include information on the geography of the area, animal and plant life, population, the tourist industry, etc. Then of course, practical details about traffic, hotels, spas, crossing alpine passes, winter and summer sport possibilities, etc. There are hiking trip suggestions, scenic alpine drives, etc. Germans in Grossdeutschland were much attracted to this area in Italy that they called Süd Tirol because much of it had belonged to Austria until the end of World War I, and there were many German speaking residents living there (there still are!).

There are photos of the Bolzano, the Gossenpaß, Madonna do Campiglio, the castle at Meran, Pragser Wildsee, and others.

This 1939 Grieben Reiseführer Band 136 for the Dolomites is complete and in very good used condition and the original 83 year old Kartensucher, a little pull-out ruler to help read the maps, is still there.