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Die weite Welt, WW2 Luftwaffe magazine, Wehrbetreuung der Luftwaffe, Nationalsozialistischen Führungsstab der Luftwaffe
Die weite Welt (The Wide World) was a photo magazine published in Berlin for Luftwaffe personnel starting in the year 1941. We offer a total of 16 rare issues from 1943 and 1944. The 1943 issues thru issue 17 of 1944 were published by the Wehrbetreuung der Luftwaffe (Support Services of the Air Force) in Berlin and starting with issue 18 of 1944 the publisher is shown as the Nationalsozialistischen Führungsstab der Luftwaffe (National Socialist Leadership Staff of the Air Force.
Die weite Welt, WW2 Luftwaffe magazine, Wehrbetreuung der Luftwaffe, Nationalsozialistischen Führungsstab der Luftwaffe
Amerika der maßlose Kontinent, the continent of excess
the Armed Forces of the USA
Irish influence in the USA
1941 Goldbestand der USA, gold inventory
the Danube river, the lifeline of Central Europe
South Africa, the victim of British greed
Japanese occupied Manchuria
coal mining industry
Each magazine has chapters on one major topic, illustrated with pictures, graphs, maps and illustrations. For example, Heft 10 of 1943 is completely dedicated to the United States (“the continent of excess”) with somewhat negative articles about the country’s history, politics and trade. It includes interesting graphics about European colonial territories and America’s inventory of gold (above). The back cover has pictures of the Armed Forces of the USA .
European colonial territories in the USA
modern rehab techniques in the army
Eastern Europe map, Balkans
South Africa, the victim of British greed
The heavily illustrated magazines measure 10 x 13-1/8 inches, consisting of ten or twelve pages and this lot consists of the following rare World War II issues of Die weite Welt:
Issue 10 of 1943, Issue 18 of 1943, Issue 24 of 1943, Issue 26 of 1943, Issue 1 of 1944, Issue 3 of 1944, Issue 6 of 1944, Issue 7 of 1944, Issue 11 of 1944, Issue 12 of 1944, Issue 17 of 1944, Issue 18 of 1944, Issue 19 of 1944, Issue 20 of 1944, Issue 21 of 1944 and Issue 22 of 1944, for a total of 162 pages.
These sixteen heavily illustrated Die weite Welt Luftwaffe photo magazines were printed by Verlag August Scherl in Berlin. All sixteen are complete and in very good condition and they have no odor. Heft 12 of 1944 has the stamp of of a Transport-Begleit-Battaillon in Wien on the front cover.

The photo content is superb!
Panama Canal
Ireland
Austrian, Hapsburg border preotection uniforms
Japanese occupied Manchuria
Transport-Begleit-Battaillon in Wien
South Africa, the victim of British greed
agriculture map
Other issues of Die weite Welt in this lot cover famous manmade channels in the world (Panama Canal, Corinth, etc.), coal mining, Manchuria, the Danube River (“the lifeline of Central Europe”), Austria, hydroelectric energy, South Africa (“the victim of British greed”), medical geography and military healthcare, the subjugation of Central America by the USA (with chapters on Panama, Haiti, Cuba and the Incas), Portugal and its colonial history, Afghanistan, the forestry industry worldwide, Ireland (includes a chapter on the Irish influence in the USA), European science and medicine up to the Middle Ages, oceans and seas, etc.

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This lot of 16 complete 1943 and 1944 issues of Die weite Welt is for sale
for $195.00 delivered by Media Mail in the continental USA.
 
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LOT OF SIXTEEN 1943 & 1944 GERMAN LUFTWAFFE PHOTO MAGAZINES
DIE WEITE WELT

DIE WEITE WELT
(THE WIDE WORLD)
RARE ORIGINAL WORLD WAR II PHOTO MAGAZINES PUBLISHED FOR LUFTWAFFE PERSONNEL

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