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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 5: RG-17.05, Periodicals published in France, 1940 -- 1945, 1940 --1945

This collection includes French periodicals published before the German conquest, editions that saw publications outside France by the French Government-in-exile. There are also periodicals published in the German zone of occupation and in the Free zone of France.

Subject/Index Terms:: French political, social and cultural periodicals

Creators:: French political organization in France and abroad (1940 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-17.05.01, Le Journal Paris, (A Paris Journal). No 18.216, 16 November 1942

A clipping from the newspaper Le Journal Paris (The Paris Journal). The newspaper discusses the battle in North Africa, as well as President Laval meeting with the Vichy government. The second half of the document contains clippings from a German-language newspaper depicting Nazi German soldiers marching into Paris. Le Journal Paris was printed on 16 November 1942.

Subject/Index Terms:: Battle in North Africa; Paris (France); Vichy France; Pierre Laval, Vichy France; Berlin (Germany); German invasion of France, 1940; German occupation of Paris; German-occupied France; German troops crossing into Southern France, ca 1942; Le Journal, newspaper, French; French, language; French newspaper; Periodicals, French; German newspaper; newspaper clippings; Wartime Publication, Second World War; Photographs; wartime photographs; Pierre Laval, French politician, the head of the Vichy government in 1942 - 1944; African war theater; Warfare in northern Africa, 1942 -- 1943; Battle for Vichy-held North Africa, Operation Torch, (8 November -- 11 November 1942); North African Campaign, 10 June 1940 -- 13 May 1943; Vichy-occupied North Africa (1942); Philippe Petain, Marshal of France, the Head of State of Vichy France, 1940 -- 1944; Geopolitical situation in Europe, 1939 -- 1945; Vichy Government, France, 1940 -- 1944; Libya (Africa); Erwin Rommel, Nazi-German Field Marshal, 1891 -- 1944; Retreat of Rommel in North Africa, 1942; Armed Forces, British; German invasion of Vichy France, November 1942; Documents in French language; Periodicals, French, photodocuments; French political, social and cultural periodicals; Le Journal (The Journal), French daily, published in Lyon, 1942 -- 1944; Le Journal (the Journal), news from the front lines, 1942 -- 1944; Wartime news, reflected by Le Journal (the Journal), 1942 -- 1944; Marseilles (France); Photographs, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Photographs, Second World War; Photo-documents, wartime, 1939 -- 1945; Warfare in North Africa, from perspective of Le Journal French periodical

Creators:: Le Journal, newspaper, French; German newspapers (1939 -- 1945); Wartime German-language newspaper (1939 -- 1945); Axis Alliance Wartime Periodical (1939--1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-17.05.02, Le Journal Paris, (A Paris Journal). No 18.295, 18 February 1943

Newspaper clippings from a variety of French and German newspapers, including Le Journal Paris. The newspaper clippings include a map of Tunisia and photographs of President Roosevelt and wife of the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, Soong May-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek. One photograph is dated 18 February 1943.

Subject/Index Terms:: Chiang Kai-Shek, Chinese military and political leader, (1887--1975); Compulsory work service (STO) for French citizens in Germany, established by Vichy administration; Le Journal, newspaper, French; Berlin (Germany); Vichy France; Tunisia (Africa); Soong May-Ling (Madame Chiang Kai-Shek); French, language; French newspaper; Periodicals, French; German, language; German newspaper; Periodicals, German; Newspaper Article; newspaper clippings; Wartime Publication, Second World War; Photographs; wartime photographs; Maps and border lines; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States, 1882 -- 1945; New York (New York, United States); Le Journal (The Journal), French daily, published in Lyon, 1942 -- 1944; Le Journal (the Journal), news from the front lines, 1942 -- 1944; Algeria (1940 -- 1945); War-theater maps; Explanations, maps; North African Campaign, 10 June 1940 -- 13 May 1943; Periodicals, political map of North Africa (1942 -- 1943); Documents in German language; Documents in French language

Creators:: Le Journal, newspaper, French; German newspapers (1939 -- 1945); Wartime German-language newspaper (1939 -- 1945); Axis Alliance Wartime Periodical (1939--1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-17.05.03, Le Journal Paris, perspective of North African war theater, undated, circa 1942, circa 1942

A clipping from the French newspaper Le Journal Paris. The newspaper discusses the war in Tunisia and North Africa.

Subject/Index Terms:: Tunisia (Africa); Franklin D. Roosevelt; Casablanca (Morocco); London (England); Dakar (Africa); Algeria (Africa: Country); Vichy France; French, language; French newspaper; Periodicals, French; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; Paris (France); Battle in North Africa; Documents in French language; Warfare in North Africa, from perspective of Le Journal French periodical; Protest, demonstration restrictions, reflected in Le Journal; Egypt (1939 -- 1945); Morocco (1940 -- 1945); Fractured diplomatic relations between Vichy France and United States, reflected in Le Journal; Battle of Guadalcanal, 1942--1943; Guadalcanal campaign, 1942--1943; Oran (Algeria: French Colony); French colonies in Africa; Nazi-German control of French colonies in Africa; Vichy France (1942 -- 1944); French periodicals, Vichy; Warfare in light of French periodicals

Creators:: Le Journal, newspaper, French; French periodicals (1939-1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-17.05.04, Le Journal Paris. No 18.212, 10 November 1942

Clippings from the French newspaper Le Journal Paris and an unknown German-language newspaper. The French newspaper discusses the battle in North Africa and the German-language newspaper talks about the war with Great Britain.

Subject/Index Terms:: Le Journal, newspaper, French; Paris (France); Battle in North Africa; Casablanca (Morocco); Vichy France; Eastern Front, German military campaign; Eastern Front, the German War against the USSR, 1941 -- 1945; Algeria (Africa: Country); French, language; French newspaper; Periodicals, French; German, language; German newspaper; Periodicals, German; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; Documents in French language; French periodicals, Vichy; Warfare in North Africa, from perspective of Le Journal French periodical; Warfare in northern Africa, 1942 -- 1943; Morocco (1940 -- 1945); Oran (Algeria: French Colony); Warfare in light of French periodicals; Nazi-German control of French colonies in Africa; French colonies in Africa; Allied attack on North Africa, perspective of Le Journal; Egypt (1939 -- 1945); Battles of El Alamein, Egypt, 1942

Creators:: Le Journal, newspaper, French; Wartime German-language newspaper (1939 -- 1945); German newspapers (1939 -- 1945); Axis Alliance Wartime Periodical (1939--1945)