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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 9: RG-17.09, Swiss Wartime Newspapers, 1939 -- 1945

Materials from mostly Swiss and some German and French publications about military and political affairs in the course of the Second World War.

Subject/Index Terms:: Neue Zuercher, Swiss Newspaper; Journal de Geneve (Swiss newspaper in French); Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945); French political organization (1939 -- 1945); Neue Zuercher, Swiss Newspaper (1939 -- 1945); Journal de Geneve (Swiss newspaper in French) (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-17.09.01, Swiss newspaper, map of the Chinese areas taken by the Japanese, Western half, 1939 -- 1945

A map of the Chinese areas taken by the Japanese. The map was printed in a Swiss newspaper and the photograph shows only the Western half of the map.

Subject/Index Terms:: Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Swiss newspaper; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; Maps and border lines; China (1912--1949); magazine; German newspaper; German, language; Japan (1941--1945); Aerial Warfare, Second World War; Schweizer Illustrierten Zeitung (the Swiss Illustrative Newspaper), Swiss periodicals; Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung (the Swiss Illustrated Newspaper), Swiss periodicals; Periodicals, Swiss; Explanations, maps; Military maps, the Second World War, 1939-- 1945; War-theater maps; Japanese war against China, 1930s --1945; Manchuria, north-eastern region of China; German reports from the frontlines, 1939 -- 1945; Periodicals in German language

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 2: RG-17.09.02, Swiss newspaper, map of the Chinese areas (red) taken by the Japanese, Eastern half, 1939 -- 1945

A map of the Chinese areas taken by the Japanese. The map was printed in a Swiss newspaper and the photograph shows only the Eastern half of the map.

Subject/Index Terms:: Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Swiss newspaper; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; Maps and border lines; China (1912--1949); magazine; German newspaper; German, language; Japan (1941--1945); Aerial Warfare, Second World War; Explanations, maps; Periodicals, Swiss; Schweizer Illustrierte Zeitung (the Swiss Illustrated Newspaper), Swiss periodicals; Schweizer Illustrierten Zeitung (the Swiss Illustrative Newspaper), Swiss periodicals; Military maps, the Second World War, 1939-- 1945; War-theater maps; Japanese war against China, 1930s --1945; Manchuria, north-eastern region of China; German reports from the frontlines, 1939 -- 1945; Periodicals in German language

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 3: RG-17.09.03, German-Soviet war, Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher, August 1942

Articles excerpted from the Swiss wartime newspaper titled Neue Zuercher regarding the German-Soviet war, published August 18, 1942. Aticles are in German.

Subject/Index Terms:: Neue Zuercher, Swiss Newspaper; Eastern Front, German military campaign; Swiss newspaper; Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; German newspaper; German, language; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874--1965; Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of the Party and Prime Minister of the USSR, 1879 -- 1953; London (England); Moscow (Russia); Eastern Front, the German War against the USSR, 1941 -- 1945; Summer Campaign, Eastern Front, 1942

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945); Neue Zuercher, Swiss Newspaper (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 4: RG-17.09.04 Swiss newspaper, information about a Second Front and the German lines of defense in Normandy, 1939 -- 1945

An excerpt from a Swiss wartime newspaper with information about a Second Front and the German lines of defense in Normandy. The text is in German.

Subject/Index Terms:: Second World War, 1939 -- 1945; Normandy (France); France (1940--1945); Swiss newspaper; Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; German newspaper; German, language; Photographs

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 5: RG-17.09.05, Swiss newspaper, Photograph of Serbian refugee children, ca 1940s

Photographs of Serbian refugee children printed in a Swiss wartime newspaper.

Subject/Index Terms:: Serbian refugee children; Photographs; wartime photographs; Swiss newspaper; Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; German newspaper; German, language; Yugoslavia (1918--1941); Yugoslavia (1941--1945)

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 6: RG-17.09.06, Swiss newspaper, Photographs of Serbian refugee children in Switzerland, ca 1940s

Photographs of Serbian refugee children in Switzerland published in a Swiss wartime newspaper.

Subject/Index Terms:: Serbian refugee children; Switzerland (1939--1945); Photographs; wartime photographs; Swiss newspaper; Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; German newspaper; German, language; Yugoslavia (1918--1941); Yugoslavia (1941--1945)

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 7: RG-17.09.07, Swiss newspaper, Journal de Geneve, No. 245, in French, ca 1940s

An article from a Swiss periodical in French. The periodical is titled Journal de Geneve.

Subject/Index Terms:: Journal de Geneve (Swiss newspaper in French); Switzerland (1939--1945); Swiss newspaper; Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; French, language; Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1874--1965; Edinburgh (Scotland); Moscow (Russia); Washington D.C. (United States); Journal de Geneve (The Journal of Geneva), Swiss periodicals in French

Creators:: Journal de Geneve (Swiss newspaper in French) (1939 -- 1945); Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 8: RG-17.09.08, Swiss newspaper, Journal de Geneve, in French, the Germans made new efforts in Southern Russia, ca 1940s

Articles from the Swiss newspaper, Journal de Geneve, in French. The articles are about the German military developments in Southern Russia.

Subject/Index Terms:: Journal de Geneve (Swiss newspaper in French); Eastern Front, German military campaign; Eastern Front, the German War against the USSR, 1941 -- 1945; Summer Campaign, Eastern Front, 1942; Journal de Geneve (The Journal of Geneva), Swiss periodicals in French; Swiss newspaper; Swiss wartime newspapers 1939 -- 1945; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; French, language; New York (New York, United States); London (England); Moscow (Russia); Washington D.C. (United States)

Creators:: Swiss Political Organization (1939 -- 1945); Journal de Geneve (Swiss newspaper in French) (1939 -- 1945)

Document/Artifact of Item-Level 9: RG-17.09.09, French periodical, The Battle of Stalingrad, in French, 17 October 1942

Photographs of the battle of Stalingrad from a French periodical titled L'illustration, published on October 17, 1942.

Subject/Index Terms:: Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943); German warfare in Stalingrad; Eastern Front, German military campaign; Eastern Front, the German War against the USSR, 1941 -- 1945; France (1940--1945); French newspaper; Newspaper Article; Wartime Publication, Second World War; French, language

Creators:: French political organization (1939 -- 1945); L'illustration (French newspaper)