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HEAVILY ILLUSTRATED 1939 ANNUAL NAZI PHOTO BOOK FOCUSSING ON YOUNG PEOPLE PARTICIPATING IN THE DESTINY OF GERMANY

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Military subjects covered are Hitler’s soldiers from Moravia, military training, Flak troops, Legion Condor, and a recap of the Wehrmacht invasion of Poland.

The cultural section showcases the work of architect Professor Hermann Giesler and sculptor Josef Thorak (both favorites of Adolf Hitler), and large National Socialist building projects.

The meaning of Frohes Schaffen in German is “cheerful accomplishment” and this is an very nice 1939 edition of the Jugendjahrbuch or Nazi “Youth Yearbook” as published by Deutscher Verlag (Publishing) for Youth and Nation in Vienna, the second largest city in Adolf Hitler’s Germany.

These heavily illustrated annual Third Reich Frohes Schaffen youth books focus on the positive aspects of labor and the resulting comradeship, the Nazi homeland, and the importance of the individual being a part of the future of Germany. As World War II approached, the concept of soldier life joined the labor focus for the German Hitler Youth teenagers these yearly books were published for.

Frohes Schaffen covers technical innovations, sport and culture, military events, history and service, leisure activities, etc. The target audience was ordinary young German boys and girls of the Hitler Youth. They were urged to think big, think about freedom, and to take pride in their accomplishments as they were at the forefront of the National Socialist revolution.

Dr. Anton Hadwiger and Karl Springenschmid assembled the information for this heavy 7-1/8 x 9-3/8 inch 1939 hardcover Yearbook of the German Youth in that portion of Germany called the Ostmark. It has 408 heavily illustrated pages with several chapters about the Hitlerjugend and Deutsches Jungvolk and the opportunities these organizations offer for all young citizens (not just privileged German youngsters) as well as the Reichsarbeitsdienst (RAD or Nazi Labor Service), its mission and the education it provides.

Other subjects covered are the Nazi movement in Austria prior to the Anschluss, the decrease in the number of German farmers, an explanation of the HJ-Leistungsabzeichen, National Socialist sports, a behind the scenes look at a marionette theater, Nazi postage stamps and cancelations, and much, much more.

The section called Deutschland - Autoland shows off modern German cars at the International Automobile and Motorcycle Exhibition in Berlin and on the road, as well as new heavy trucks, busses and motorcycles.

Above, the striking header for the chapter about making meaningful speeches at the grave of fallen Nazi comrades.

There are many pictures of Nazi freeway construction sights in this 1939 Nazi book. Above is the map that accompanies the "Highways of the Führer" content showing planned sections of the Reichsautobahn in the Ostmark, sections that are under construction and barracks for freeway workers.

Technical subject have heavily illustrated chapters about the Reichsautobahn (construction of the “Highways of the Führer”), the Westwall, modern German ships (including the KdF cruise ship “Robert Ley”), the modernization of commercial aviation in Nazi Germany, the new German Kampfflugzeug Do 215, Reichssender Wien, and Reichswerke Hermann Göring near Braunschweig, for example.

Throughout the text there are photos, and this 1939 edition of Frohes Schaffen has many images of HJ activities (camping, marching, sport, shooting, sail planes), RAD training and work projects, Nazi tanks entering the Sudetenland, Hitler and his military entourage inspecting Czech bunkers, heavy Flak guns, Nazi soldiers and Wehrmacht equipment in Poland, Nazi architectural models, Nazi freeway construction, dragon’s teeth of the Siegfried Line, KdF cruise ship Robert Ley, Kriegsmarine ships Scharnhorst, Tirpitz and airplane carrier Graf Zeppelin, Messerschmitt Taifun, Me 109 and Ju 90 airplanes, Berlin Tempelhof, HJ sport medals, marionette theater equipment, Nazi Hitler stamps, etc., etc.

The 7-1/8 x 9-3/8 inch, nearly 2-1/2 pound hardcover book is fully indexed in the back as are the photo sources which include Scherl, Photo-Hoffmann Tobis-Olympia, and even the Opel, Zündapp, Dornier and Messerschmitt factory photo archives.

The 85+ year old hardcover example of Frohes Schaffen is complete and in very nice used condition with light wear to the covers and green linen spine. No writing, no odor.