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This is the first issue of Morgen, dated February
1935. |
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January 1938 |
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February 1938 |
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April 1938 |
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May 1938 |
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July 1938 |
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August 1938 |
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September 1938. The cover illustrates “Karsten’s
Wild Ride”, a story about a Hitler Youth
boy who pulls some pranks on a neighbor, but rescues his reputation
by riding his horse through the rain to get a film from the railroad
station in the next village, thus rescuing an important meeting. |
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October 1938. The cover illustrates the major theme of the issue on American Indians. There is a most interesting article on the Souix, which basically says that they were a strong race that was unable to withstand the even stronger white race. |
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November 1938 |
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May 1939: Articles about auto racing, a bomber pilot
forced to bail out, and the building of the Panama Canal. There is
a story about a proud boy who joins the Pimpfs for pragmatic
reasons. The other boys teach him a lesson. Several items deal with
military scouts. |
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July 1939: The lead story is about German troops in
the Spanish Civil War. An article about rocketry wonders if space
travel is even possible. |
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October 1939: The cover shows a German tank rolling
over Polish troops. There are articles on the early days of World
War II, on Zeppelins, and on the Spanish Civil War. |
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April 1940: A cover for Hitler’s birthday. |
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August 1940 |
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November 1941: The rather busy cover shows the Luftwaffe
dropping supplies to an armored unit. The lead article describes how
five German tanks defeated half a Soviet division. Another article
deals with the paratroop invasion of Crete. Several stories describe
adventures by members of the Hitler Youth. |
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March 1942: The cover shows a German fighter blowing a British plane out of the sky. Much of the interior material also concerns the Luftwaffe. |
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June 1942. The cover is captioned “Hunting for
Spies.” The story is about a competition between two Pimpf groups.
Another story is about a brave Pimpf who fought incendiary
bombs dropped on his apartment building. |
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October 1942. The cover has a member of the Dutch Nazi youth group, the Jeugdstorm. The majority of the issue has a military
theme. An Iron Cross winner shows boys how to use a compass, and there
are pictures of submarines and a story of a Stuka pilot. |
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December 1942 : The cover shows a young boy admiring a military uniform, while in the backgound an artillery crew is firing. He longs for the day when he can join them. Most interior material concerns the military in some way. The lead article is titled “I Choose My Weapon.” It reports on a visit of a Hitler Youth brigade to a military base, where they experience the use of a variety of weapons. |
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January 1943 |
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February 1943: A story of a member in China (the part
occupied by Japan). There is also a story about Japanese youth, and
a piece on a submarine that survived a hurricane. |
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May-June 1944. The lead article here is titled “Freedom
and Heaven,” a rather interesting piece on Germany’s greatness.
The last paragraph gives the flavor: “Freedom is also the goal
of the battle of our day. It grows from the behavior of us boys as
we join the war and the front, from our inner conduct which results
from a conscious return to the truth and genuine values of life, the
values of art and culture, that we are defending from the arsonists
of this war.” |
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July-August 1944. This was the final issue. There is
an interesting article on the SS titled: “The
Faith of the Youth is the Foundation of Victory.” |
