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Title: Prewar and Wartime Periodicals, 1918-1945

Predominant Dates:1918 -- 1939

ID: RG-17/RG-17

Primary Creator: Illustrated News

Other Creators: Loen, Cornelius, Pravda (The Truth), the main Soviet daily, organ of the Communist Party of the USSR (1946)

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement:

The arrangement scheme for the record group was imposed during processing in the absence of an original order. Materials are arranged by subject/creator, then by identifier, as assigned by the processor.

Record group is comprised of eighteen collections and two items, the collections of which are: 1. Collection of wartime Jewish periodicals in Poland; 2. Collection of postwar periodicals; 3. Collection of periodicals in Yiddish; 4. Collection of publications by the Allied powers; 5. Collection of French publications; 6. Collection of Yugoslavian prewar and wartime publications; 7. Collection of Hungarian wartime newspapers; 8. Collection of German wartime newspapers; 9. Collection of Swiss wartime newspapers; 10. Collection of Italian wartime publications; 11. Collection of Los Angeles wartime publications; 12. Prewar Chwila publications; 13. Prewar Dilo publications; 14. Collection of Nazi interwar news publications; 15. Prewar Sygnaly publications; 16. Cornelius Leon collection of wartime periodicals; 17. Herbert Lothar Aron papers; 18. Collection of prewar Austrian publications.

Languages: Polish, Ukrainian, German, Yiddish, French, Hungarian, Serbian, Croatian, Russian, English

Abstract

Prewar, waratime and postwar periodical publications reflects on the European affairs of the first half of the 20th century. Polish and Ukrainian dailies of the interwar time are most fully represented

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This record group is comprised of periodicals and publications, published in at least ten languages, from before, during, and soon after the Second World War. There are collections of newspapers and magazines in Yiddish; Yugoslavian wartime newspapers; Hungarian wartime newspapers; German-Nazi prewar and wartime newspapers; Italian prewar and wartime newspapers; newspapers published by the French Resistance; American wartime and postwar newspapers; and British wartime and postwar newspapers. A special collection of Los Angeles-based newspapers, published in the 1930s and in the 1940s, reflects international affairs and the Jewish predicament in Europe as the National Socialists attained power in Germany. This collection is exhibited in the museum halls.

The wide spectrum of European and American media in this record group reflects regional and European explications of the interwar and wartime period and the developments in each. Prewar and wartime perspectives of various political forces are well represented within these materials, for example prewar Jewish (published in Polish) and Ukrainian periodicals represent the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, Polish-Ukrainian, Ukrainian-Jewish and Polish-Ukrainian relations in Eastern Galicia.

Materials in this record group includes periodicals, which are comprised of narratives, illustrative photo-publications, magazines, and informational bulletins. Prewar Eastern Galician editions contain chronicles of the trials, analytical articles and political agitation, often election-related. Periodicals are partially digitized.

Biographical Note

Illustrated News was a German economic propaganda publication.

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: No restrictions

Use Restrictions:

Copyrighted materials, credits to and references to the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust are required

Digital copies might be available upon request

Preferred Citation: RG-17, Prewar, Wartime, and Postwar Periodicals. Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust Archive.

Processing Information: Materials are primarily described using the local descriptive standards of the LA Museum of the Holocaust.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Folder:

[Folder 1: RG-17.01, Wartime Jewish Periodicals, Poland, 1940 -- 1941],
[Folder 2: RG-17.02, Postwar Periodicals, in Polish and Russian languages, 1945 -- 1946],
[Folder 3: RG-17.03, Periodicals in Yiddish, 1930s --1940s],
[Folder 4: RG-17.04, LIFE magazine collection, 1939 -- 1940, 1939 -- 1940],
[Folder 5: RG-17.05, Periodicals published in France, 1940 -- 1945, 1940 --1945],
[Folder 6: RG-17.06, Yugoslavian Prewar and Wartime Publications, 1938 --1945],
[Folder 7: RG-17.07, Hungarian Wartime Newspapers, ca 1942],
[Folder 8: RG-17.08, Wartime newspapers, German, Hungarian. Chinese offensive, entry of Brazil into the war, August 1942. Photos from Hungarian newspaper(s). One photo is of Istvan Horthy’s (Deputy Regent of Hungary) catafalque, son of Miklos Horthy, Regent of Hungary from March 1, 1920 to October 15, 1944. The second photo depicts an officer meeting., 1941 -- 1943],
[Folder 9: RG-17.09, Swiss Wartime Newspapers, 1939 -- 1945],
[Folder 10: RG-17.10, Italian Wartime Publications, 1939 -- 1945],
[Folder 11: RG-17.11, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Examiner, wartime, 1933 -- 1944],
[Folder 12: RG-17.12, Chwila, 1919 -- 1939],
[Folder 13: RG-17.13, Dilo, 1918 -- 1939, 1918 -- 1939],
[Folder 14: RG-17.14, Nazi Inter-War News, Illustrated News, 1930s],
[Folder 15: RG-17.15, Sygnaly (Signals), 1933-1939, 1933 -- 1939],
[Folder 16: RG-17.16, Short Note About the Oldest Synagogue in Egypt, Ben Ezra, 1973, 1973],
[Folder 17: RG-17.17, Jewish youth of Izbaca before the Holocaust],
[Folder 18: RG-17.18, Cornelius Loen, collection of wartime periodicals, I, 1939 -- 1945],
[Folder 19: RG-17.19, Cornelius Loen, collection of wartime periodicals, II],
[Folder 20: RG-17.20, Herbert Lothar Aron Papers],
[Folder 21: RG-17.21, Prewar Austria periodicals, 1931--1946],
[Folder 22: RG-17.22, Tagespot, Austrian newspaper, reflection of Anschluss, 12 March 1938, 12 March 1938],
[All]

Folder 4: RG-17.04, LIFE magazine collection, 1939 -- 1940, 1939 -- 1940

Editorial and major publications reflect European politics and the German agression in Europe in the course of the Second World War

Subject/Index Terms:: geo-political analysis; News magazines, American; LIFE, American news magazine, 1883-1972; United States (1939 -- 1945); Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; German invasion of Europe, 1939 -- 1940

Creators:: LIFE magazine, editorial board (1939 -- 1940)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-17.04.01, LIFE Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 18, 29 April 1940

Pages from Vol. 8 No. 18 of LIFE Magazine published April 29, 1940.

Subject/Index Terms:: geo-political analysis; Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874--1965; magazine; Wartime Publication, Second World War; LIFE, American news magazine, 1883-1972; United States (1939 -- 1945); English, language; Franklin D. Roosevelt; Allied forces; News magazines, American; American news coverage during World War II; Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; geopolitical situation in Europe, from perspective of American news; New York (New York, United States); Armed Forces, British; German Armed Forces, Wehrmacht; Narvik (Norway); Battles of Narvik (Norway), April 1940; Scandinavia (1939 -- 1945); German occupation of Denmark; Denmark (Europe); Denmark during the war; Geopolitical situation in Denmark during WWII; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, Second World War; German naval fleet; naval operations, German, Second World War; Berlin (Germany); von Ribbentrop, Joachim, Nazi German Foreign Minister, 1938-1945; Nazi-German hierarchy in the NSDAP and Government, Himmler and von Ribbentrop; Poland (Europe); Photo-documents and evidences of Nazi crimes against humanity and war crimes, 1939 -- 1945; Evidences of Nazi-German crimes against humanity, peace and warcrimes; Photographs depicting Nazi crimes in Euroupe; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882 -- 1945; Philippe Petain, Marshal of France, the Head of State of Vichy France, 1940 -- 1944; Japan (1936--1945); Supreme Court of the United States; Erich Raeder, Grand Admiral of German Navy, (1876-1960); Advertisements in LIFE magazine, 1939-1945; Kriegsmarine (navy of Nazi Germany); Nazi-German Navy; Warfare in the light of American news, World War II

Creators:: LIFE magazine, editorial board (1939 -- 1940); Allied Forces wartime periodicals (1939--1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-17.04.02, LIFE Magazine, Vol. 8, No. 23, German Conquest, 3 June 1940

Pages from Vol. 8, No. 23 of LIFE Magazine, June 3, 1940. The feature stiry is titled "German Conquest Threatens the World." The article discusses Germany's terrifying advances in Western Europe during the war and the amazing transformation and strength of the German Army under Hitler's command.

Subject/Index Terms:: geo-political analysis; Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; German Soldiers; Warsaw (Poland); Wartime Publication, Second World War; LIFE, American news magazine, 1883-1972; United States (1939 -- 1945); English, language; German paratroopers; Belgium (1939-1945); German invasion of Belgium, 1940; German-occupied Belgium; wartime photographs; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, Second World War; Photographs, Hitler and responses to Hitler; Photo-documents, Belgium, 1939 -- 1945; Iron Cross medallion (Nazi-Germany); Brothels in German-occupied France, 1940 -- 1944; Ardennes (France); France (1940--1945); Warfare in the light of American news, World War II; The Netherlands (1940--1945); German Armed Forces, Wehrmacht; Military service in German Army, the Wehrmacht, 1939 -- 1945; Prisoners of war, Dutch; Royal Air Force; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; Belgian refugees; Poland (Europe); Advertisements in LIFE magazine, 1939-1945; American news coverage during World War II; News magazines, American; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Documents in English language

Creators:: LIFE magazine, editorial board (1939 -- 1940); Allied Forces wartime periodicals (1939--1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-17.04.03, LIFE Magazine, the war-map, 20 November 1939

A page from LIFE Magazine depicting a war map, November 20, 1939.

Subject/Index Terms:: geo-political analysis; Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; magazine; Wartime Publication, Second World War; LIFE, American news magazine, 1883-1972; United States (1939 -- 1945); English, language; Allied forces; Allied forces, American; Maps and border lines; Kriegsmarine (navy of Nazi Germany); Nazi-German Navy; naval operations, German, Second World War; British Royal Navy; Atlantic Ocean; First World War, documents; The First World War, 1914 -- 1918; India (1939 -- 1945); War-theater maps; German naval activities in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (1914-1918, 1939), as portrayed in LIFE; War strategy and tactics, German, the Second World War; Explanations, maps; map, German naval activity (1914-1918, 1939); Warfare in the light of American news, World War II; Panama Canal (South America); Norway (Europe); Australia

Creators:: LIFE magazine, editorial board (1939 -- 1940); Allied Forces wartime periodicals (1939--1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-17.04.04, LIFE Magazine, November 1939

Pages from LIFE Magazine discussing news related to the war in Europe, November 20, 1939. Included are articles on the possible Hitler assassination attempt on the 16th anniversary of the Nazi Beer Hall Putsch, The Netherlands desperate attempts to remain neutral, and Germany's war aims.

Subject/Index Terms:: geo-political analysis; Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; magazine; Wartime Publication, Second World War; LIFE, American news magazine, 1883-1972; United States (1939 -- 1945); English, language; Allied forces; Allied forces, American; Adolf Hitler, dictator and German Chancellor and President; The Balkan Peninsula; Beer Hall Putsch, attempted coup by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, November 20, 1923; Munich (Germany); Germany (Europe); Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882 -- 1945; Advertisements in LIFE magazine, 1939-1945; Warfare in the light of American news, World War II; Molotov, Vyacheslav, Soviet Foreign Minister, 1930-1941; The Netherlands (1918--1940); Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; Leopold III, King of Belgium, 1940; Belgium (1918 --1940); Explanations, maps; War-theater maps; Military maps, the Second World War, 1939-- 1945; Maps and border lines; Armed forces, Dutch in the course of the Second World War; Military operations of the Dutch armed forces as part of the Allied armed forces in 1940 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1933 -- 1939; Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; von Ribbentrop, Joachim, Nazi German Foreign Minister, 1938-1945; First World War, military photographs; First World War memorialization; The First World War, photo-documents; Rudolf Hess, prominent Nazi politician and Deputy Fuhrer 1933-1941; naval operations, German, Second World War; German naval activities in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (1914-1918, 1939), as portrayed in LIFE; Kriegsmarine (navy of Nazi Germany)

Creators:: LIFE magazine, editorial board (1939 -- 1940); Allied Forces wartime periodicals (1939--1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-17.04.05, Queen Wilhelmina of Netherlands, Exile in London, from LIFE Magazine, page 13, June 1940

Page 13 of the June 3, 1940 issue of LIFE Magazine. The featured news story is titled "Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, Now a Refugee in London." The Queen speaks of her reasons for relocating to safety in London after the Nazi invason of Holland in May 1940.

Subject/Index Terms:: geo-political analysis; Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands; magazine; Wartime Publication, Second World War; LIFE, American news magazine, 1883-1972; United States (1939 -- 1945); English, language; Allied forces; Allied forces, American; London (England); Queen Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, defiance; Belgian refugees; Paris (France); France (Europe); Jewish refugees in France; The Netherlands (1918--1940); Armed forces, Dutch in the course of the Second World War; Documents in English language; Belgium (1918 --1940); Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1933 -- 1939; Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945

Creators:: LIFE magazine, editorial board (1939 -- 1940); Allied Forces wartime periodicals (1939--1945)