Adventure library
The Erlebnis-Bücherei was a German booklet series that appeared from 1940 to 1944 in 105 editions together with the War Library of German Youth and the Colonial Library in the NSDAP- owned Steiniger Publishing House in Berlin . In contrast to these ranks, it was not supported by the Wehrmacht , but was also used for military propaganda . Like this, it appeared in medium format and comprised 32 pages. The notebooks had colored covers and black and white drawings inside. The price was 20 pfennigs .
Topics and authors
The series was thematically broad. According to Galle, a good 30% of the booklets can be assigned to scientific topics, mostly in the form of expedition reports e.g. B. from Vasco da Gama ( caravels sail to India ), Alfred Wegener ( Wegener from station Eismitte ) or Sven Hedin ( with Sven Hedin through the Gobi ).
Another 30% deal with historical events such as B. the Spanish conquest of Latin America ( In the temple city of the Mayas , Captain Federmann fights in Venezuela , Landsknecht of the Emperor on La Plata ), the Boer War ( scout for Ohm Krüger ), the Boxer uprising ( The black days of Beijing , "Iltis" defeats the Taku forts ) or uprisings in the German or British colonies ( three lieutenants of Francois , revolt in India ).
Some volumes also deal with topics from German naval history , e.g. B. The Admiral of the Hanseatic League via Berend Jacobsen Karpfanger , The first submarine in the world via Wilhelm Bauer or Paul Beneke ( The Ship's Captain of Danzig ).
A good 40% of the booklets are pure adventure stories e.g. B. from the area of piracy ( among river pirates on the Jang-Tse , pirate fishing in the Atlantic ). They are practically exclusively located on non-European locations.
Authors such as Gino von Moellwitz, Kurt Riedel, Oskar H. Breucker (here under the pseudonym Ralph Garby), Paul O. Erttmann and Heinz Oskar Wuttig were veterans of the adventure genre and also wrote for the colonial library .
Advertisement for the Kriegsmarine
In issue 19 of Fritz Carl Roegel's "Iltis" defeats the Taku forts , on page 32 there is an advertisement for the Kriegsmarine , in which there is a reference to a planned activity of the Kriegsmarine in future colonies:
The Greater German Freedom Struggle will secure our people the legitimate claim to overseas colonial property for all time. After the victorious end of this struggle, the German navy will have worldwide and responsible tasks in establishing and securing the new German colonial empire . German men from all regions of the empire will sail the oceans again on proud warships and give our people the status they deserve in the world. If you, German boy, want to take part in this beautiful task, if you want to widen your eyes and get to know the beauties of foreign countries and continents with your own eyes, come to the Navy. Receipt of reports: For officer candidates the inspection of the education system of the Navy (recruitment department Kiel) and for the team careers the military district command responsible for the applicant's place of residence.
reception
Although the series probably found widespread circulation, including antiquarian products after 1945 , there is still a lack of scientific analyzes of its reception .
Issues published
| 1 | Friedrich Elarth | Filchner rides through Asia |
| 2 | Franz F. Oberhauser | Magellan's ghost ship |
| 3 | Wolfgang Hofmann | Scout for Ohm Kruger |
| 4th | Hans H. Lund | The river devil from the Rio Macaco |
| 5 | Wolfgang Hofmann | Germans storm Gibraltar |
| 6th | Heinz Volcker | The sun gate on Lake Titicaca |
| 7th | Franz F. Oberhauser | Wegener from station Eismitte |
| 8th | Konrad Prack | Black cargo for Honolulu |
| 9 | Victor Helling | Golga-ton-loc |
| 10 | Walther Schreiber | With Sven Hedin through the Gobi |
| 11 | Brigitte Gerland | In the green hell of Brazil |
| 12 | Otfrid von Hanstein | Captain Federmann is fighting in Venezuela |
| 13 | Walther Schreiber | We conquer the west face of the Matterhorn |
| 14th | Victor Helling | Gold in Alaska |
| 15th | Friedrich Elarth | Dragoon patrol Graf Zeppelin |
| 16 | Eduard v. Christophe | The rickshaw revolt |
| 17th | Joh. B. Ring | Shots on the border express |
| 18th | Hermann Lund | The revenge of the Sheikh Abd el Kadr |
| 19th | Fritz C. Roegels | "Iltis" defeats the Taku forts. Factual report on the use of the German gunboat in East Asia |
| 20th | Hans P. Larsen | Riots in India |
| 21st | Wilhelm Cross | With Schill into freedom |
| 22nd | JB Carolus | In the temple city of the Mayans |
| 23 | Otfrid v. Hanstein | The black days of Beijing |
| 24 | Walther Schreiber | With the camera among headhunters |
| 25th | Gerhard C. Cheret | Oil tower 13 is burning |
| 26th | Heinrich Koch | The log cabin on the Columbia River |
| 27 | Hans Michael | The idol of Maranga |
| 28 | Wilhelm Cross | Trapping octopuses off Naples |
| 29 | Paul O. Erttmann | Among blowpipe Indians |
| 30th | Gerhard C. Cheret | The wreck on the coral reef |
| 31 | Hugo v. Arguing | On jaguars on the Amazon |
| 32 | Friedrich Keim | Escaped Australian captors. With a pearl fishing cutter through the South Seas |
| 33 | Friedrich Keim | Storm night at Cape Horn |
| 34 | Karl G. Henze | Captain Köhl flies to America |
| 35 | Victor Helling | Among the river pirates on the Jang Tse |
| 36 | Victor Helling | In the fever swamp of the orchids |
| 37 | Eduard K. Christophe | Landsknecht of the emperor on La Plata |
| 38 | Ernst H. Pichnow | The bridge over the Djambi |
| 39 | JB ring | In the glow of the Sahara |
| 40 | Karl G. Henze | German airmen over Suez |
| 41 | Rolf Rodenberg | Treason in Madagascar |
| 42 | Wilhelm Cross | My life for Prinz Eugen |
| 43 | Heinrich Koch | As a cabin boy to Puenta Arenas |
| 44 | Hans Michael | The Isle of Retribution |
| 45 | Kurt Riedel | On the hunt in the Australian bush |
| 46 | Hans Lehr | The death voyage of the "Wilhelmina" |
| 47 | Eduard K. Christophe | Chained to Arirab |
| 48 | Friedrich Elarth | One night with Tibetan monks |
| 49 | FW Beielstein | Oil for Germany |
| 50 | Hans H. Lund | Caravels sail to India |
| 51 | A. Marquardt | Among wolves in the arctic night |
| 52 | Hans A. Grote | Three lieutenants from Francois |
| 53 | Hans F. Blunck | Mourning for Jacob Leisler |
| 54 | Heinz O. Wuttig | The first submarine in the world |
| 55 | Eugene v. Sat | Klaus Störtebecker, the predator of the match |
| 56 | Victor Helling | First through Australia |
| 57 | Wilhelm Cross | At the top of Nanga Parbat |
| 58 | Heinz O. Wuttig | Storm fliers |
| 59 | Heinz Walther | Dynamite ship in the Danube |
| 60 | Julius Moshage | At the Tji Pamuha waterfall |
| 61 | Hans E. Dettmann | The Mongolian robber's castle |
| 62 | Kurt Riedel | Encounter with the Maoris |
| 63 | Hans Lehr | Mutiny on the "Flamingo" |
| 64 | Hans Lehr | The black leopard |
| 65 | Paul O. Erttmann | Under rubber tappers on the Amazon |
| 66 | Gerda Berger | The prisoner at Löwenstein Castle |
| 67 | Hermann Freyberg | Three crosses in Siberia |
| 68 | Hans Lehr | The wild west captain |
| 69 | Ralph Garby | Pirate catch in the Atlantic |
| 70 | Hermann Freyberg | Coolies from Ping-Hu |
| 71 | Ulf Uwesohn | We are building the Baghdad Railway |
| 72 | EWA Reinhart | Among Arab freedom fighters |
| 73 | Heinrich R. v. You dumbass | In Sidi Bishr's camp |
| 74 | Eva M. Schillings | In the pack ice of the North Sea |
| 75 | Wilhelm Die | From Kunersdorf to Torgau |
| 76 | Hubert Doerrschuck | The Kreuzwirt from Kurzell |
| 77 | Max Goertz | Arndt fights for German freedom |
| 78 | Wilhelm Cross | A new world emerges from swamps |
| 79 | Hans E. Dettmann | Hot days on the Rio Sapucahy |
| 80 | Hans Lehr | The Admiral of the Hanseatic League |
| 81 | Eugene v. Sat | Storm on Riga. From the battles of the Baltic National Army against the Bolsheviks 1918-1920 |
| 82 | Werner Treydte | Fight for Beth esch shame |
| 83 | Karlheinz Holzhausen | "Jagged" flag |
| 84 | Johs. Sigleur | Retort Secrets |
| 85 | Johs. Sigleur | Devil's ghost on Galgenberg |
| 86 | Karlheinz Wiegboldt | Death outside New York |
| 87 | Hanns Franke | In the Pedernales valley |
| 88 | Hanns v. Kunow | The rider boy from Bauske |
| 89 | Ad. W. Kruger | On the trail of the saber-toothed tiger |
| 90 | Erich Fikentscher-Emc | From Malta to freedom |
| 91 | Julius Moshage | The Chinese murder in Batavia |
| 92 | Ingeborg Schumann | The Phantom of Miramare |
| 93 | Hanns v. Kunow | The ship's captain of Gdansk. The life of the "tough sea bird" Paul Beneke |
| 94 | Ad. W. Kruger | How the Beijing Man was found |
| 95 | Curt Corrinth | The Treasury of Troy |
| 96 | Ad. W. Kruger | Germans build the Djenprkraftwerk |
| 97 | Paul Brock | Land under the stars |
| 98 | John G. Hagenbeck | Predator hunt in Sumatra |
| 99 | John G. Hagenbeck | Fire on board |
| 100 | Hermann Bruckschen | "Meteor" on a world trip |
| 101 | Ad. W. Kruger | One against trillions! |
| 102 | Charl. breed | The salvation of the father |
| 103 | Gino F. v. Moellwitz | In the realm of the feathered serpent |
| 104 | H. Schmoll | The silver mine on Sumatra |
| 105 | Alexander v. Rees | The mysterious light |
See also
literature
- Peter Wanjek: Bibliography of the German book novels 1900–1945 , Wilfersdorf 1993, pp. 125–127.
- Heinz J. Galle: Folk books and booklet novels, Volume 2: From the Empire to the “Third Reich” - 40 years of popular reading material , Lüneburg 2006. ISBN 3-8334-4314-6
Web links
notes
- ↑ original Johannes von Kunowski, 1962 also: Hans v. Kunow, author of Der Landser # 243