Exciting stories

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Exciting stories was a German booklet romance series that appeared fortnightly from 1935 to 1942 in Gütersloh Bertelsmann-Verlag ( C. Bertelsmann Verlag ) in 126 editions, with some editions being doubled.

Subjects and authors

The series was structured as an anthology and went back to a series of the same name, which had already been published by the same publisher with 32 titles between 1926 and 1928.

The new series relies explicitly on depictions from the First World War , battles from the German colonies between 1884 and 1914, the Russian Civil War and the Second Sino-Japanese War .

The authors included Friedrich Wilhelm Mader , Fritz Daum , Viktor Helling , Reinhard Roehle , Hermann Freyberg , Werner Beumelburg , Ernst Helm and Hans Heuer .

From the outbreak of the Second World War , depictions of war predominated, with descriptions of the ongoing war now also being incorporated into the series. The National Socialist Teachers' Association commented on the series very positively, as it supposedly propagated the national political educational goals.

The series was discontinued in 1942 due to a lack of paper. In 1949 there was a new edition with the subtitle Adventure - Research - Wide World , whereby all volumes that glorified the war were excluded from the new edition. The new series was discontinued in 1957. Apparently 145 volumes had appeared by then.

Issues 1935 to 1942

  • 1. Friedrich W. Mader : German heroes at sea. Story from the world war.
  • 2. Fritz Daum: Drumming in New Guinea. An adventure in the jungle.
  • 3. E. Marshal (di: Edison Marshall): The son of the wilderness.
  • 4. Sophie von Adelung : Teneko, the Samoyed.
  • 5. Werner von Langsdorff (Hrsg.): War experiences of German pilots.
  • 6. Victor Helling: Tarabagan, the spy. A story from the gang fighting in Manchuria.
  • 7. Gustav Renker : The great Winnetou. A student story.
  • 8. Theodor Müller-Alfeld: Alex. Tales of a red robber.
  • 9. Werner Beumelburg : Douaumont. A hero fight for Verdun.
  • 10. Arno Dohm: Skagerrak. The greatest naval battle in history.
  • 11. Victor Helling: The treasure guard of the Radjah.
  • 12. Werner Treuenfels: Among smugglers!
  • 13. Friedrich W. Mader: Swabian pranks.
  • 14 (a). Wilhelm Ernst Asbeck : The island of the outlaws. A story.
  • 14 (b). Hans Nevermann : With the headhunters in the jungle.
  • 15. Hans Schoenfeld: The last one. Novella.
  • 16 (a). Karl Mühlmeister: The ghost with the white eyes.
  • 16 (b). P. Kühnemann: Auxiliary cruiser from the Spee squadron. Pirate trips of the "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" in the world wars.
  • 17. Bruno Erich Schröter: Naval aviators over sea.
  • 18. Ernst Helm (di: Wilhelm Ernst Asbeck): The falcon from Falkenberg. A story.
  • 19. Paul C. Ettighoffer : German tanks go to hell. Report.
  • 20. Wilhelm Ehmer: The struggle for the Himalayas.
  • 21. Bruno Schwietzke : Death drums in front of Ypres. Great battle in Flanders 1917.
  • 22. Edgar v. Mirror : 45,000 tons sunk.
  • 23. Max Geisenheyner: On a world tour with "Graf Zeppelin".
  • 24. Karl Friedr. Christiansen: Blockade breaker to German East Africa.
  • 25. Rudolf Caracciola : Caracciola the "man without nerves" tells.
  • 26. Hans Heuer: Amundsen conquers the South Pole.
  • 27. Hermann Freyberg : Injuna the lord of the jungle.
  • 28 (a). Wolf v. Buhrmeister-Eymern: Under Bolsheviks and Kamchadals.
  • 28 (b). Julius Moshage: About the glass boy who brought us closer to the stars. The life of Josef von Fraunhofers.
  • 29. Alfred Wiesen: Sisto transmits SOS.
  • 30. Emil Heinrich Snethlage: Chief Tataru. From the life of a Wayoro Indian.
  • 31. Kurt Tanz: These are the Kaiserjäger! The fate of a battalion.
  • 32 (a). Friedrich W. Mader: The battle at Tanga. Story from the world war.
  • 32 (b). Kurt Tanz: Leuthen. The king's last battle.
  • 33. Heinrich Maria Tiede: Essenholer drinks. A comrade in war.
  • 34. Johannes Spieß: “U 9” on a war trip.
  • 35. Kurt Tanz: Kemmel. Mountain of doom.
  • 36. Bruno Schwietzke : Richthofen and the red relay.
  • 37. Otto Looks: Big fight below deck. On “Seydlitz” in the Battle of the Skagerrak.
  • 38. Bruno Schwietzke: In an armored car to the Stone Age hunters of the Sahara.
  • 39. Kurt Tanz: Tank Battle of Cambrai.
  • 40. Hermann Niess : thirst. An experience in German Southwest.
  • 41. Herbert A. Löhlein : The Wolf Battle. The heroic deed of a Laplander.
  • 42. Bruno Schwietzke: German fighters in the green hell of Cameroon. The end of a German colony 1915-16.
  • 43. Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière : “U 35” hunting.
  • 44. Kurt Tanz: The murder of Naulila. A story from German Southwest's darkest days.
  • 45. Bernd Kaspar Klingenberg: On big game in Africa.
  • 46. Kurt Ziesenitz : Torpedo boats ahead!
  • 47. Tanaka Hokusai: Air battle over Shanghai.
  • 48. Walther Wülfing: Orlog in German Southwest. Story from the Herero uprising.
  • 49. Tanaka Hokusai: Bombs on Nanking.
  • 50. Ernst August Lehmann : Zeppelin war trips to England.
  • 51. Kurt Georg Nixdorf: Günther Groenhoff. Between heaven and earth.
  • 52. Werner Chomton: The Battle of Paris. The fateful days on the Marne.
  • 53. Paul C. Ettighoffer: Escaped the barbed wire.
  • 54. Gustav Thiel: The sinking of the Palmyra.
  • 55. Hans Henning Grote : Three men in a funnel.
  • 56. Hans Zitt : In a sailing boat to India.
  • 57. Erhard Tewes: Schulgin saves Russia.
  • 58. Martin Breitenacher: Martin's patrol.
  • 59. Manfred Bökenkamp: Hunting and travel adventures on the Tibetan border.
  • 60. Kyrill von Philippoff: people smuggling to the USA. America's bravest police force.
  • 61. Gustav Dittmar: Battle for the height 166. Story from the autumn battle in the Champagne.
  • 62. Armin O. Huber : By plane and skis in the north of Canada. Experience report.
  • 63. Wolfgang Loeff: The last man in Cologne. Rescued after 76 hours of helpless drifting around in the North Sea. Story from the battle near Heligoland on August 28, 1914.
  • 64. Johannes Blochberger: 300 km through enemy territory.
  • 65. Rudolf Olbricht : The field guard. A story from the Russian front. /
  • 66. Rudolf Schauff: Flier over Poland.
  • 67. Josef Grabler (Hrsg.): Dive fighters over Warsaw and Modlin.
  • 68: Hans Zitt: Storming the Annaberg. With the Freikorps Oberland in Upper Silesia.
  • 69. Hubert Zuerl: From apprentice locksmith to Pour le mérite fighter pilot.
  • 70. Wilhelm Beuke: The new engine.
  • 71. Dieter Evers: German tanks break through the corridor.
  • 72. Hans Meffert: A dive fighter pilot experienced the Polish war.
  • 73. Kurt Riedel: Radium. The find at the Great Bear Lake.
  • 74. Albert Klapprott: German aviators against England.
  • 75. Alf Jaus: Opposite - Canadian snipers. According to notes from the war diary of a shock troop leader.
  • 76. Manfred Bökenkamp: A desert ride.
  • 77. Dietrich Lehmann: We are looking for the enemy. As a combat scout in a Stuka squadron in the Polish campaign.
  • 78. Otto Mielke : The city on the volcano. The Tokyo earthquake in 1923.
  • 79. Fritz Fechner: Steffen tank gunner.
  • 80. Karl H. Göbber, Maximilian Spaeth: Filchner. Research adventures in ice and sand deserts.
  • 81. Arthur C. Kuhn: U 27 torpedoed aircraft mother ship Hermes.
  • 82. Herbert Müllenbach: Emergency landing in Poland.
  • 83. Gunther Langes : The mountain of blood.
  • 84. Dieter Evers: We were Polish prisoners.
  • 85. Herbert Saekel: Fire - march!
  • 86. Walther Ahrens: Entry runner Hardinger.
  • 87. Albert Klapprott: Schumacher Jagdgeschwader cleans up.
  • 88. Herbert Müllenbach: German pilots over Norway.
  • 89. Walther Ahrens: Behrens group goes first. From the Polish campaign.
  • 90. Arthur C. Kuhn: Destroyed cruiser Königsberg.
  • 91. Christian Röck: Monte Cimone. Fight for a mountain.
  • 92. Herbert Müllenbach: Bombs against England.
  • 93. Martin Breitenbacher: Oberjäger Bacherl. A story about the use of our mountain troops in the battle for Lviv.
  • 94. Max Lippold: Breakthrough through the Maginot Line.
  • 95. Herbert A. Löhlein: Death trip through the Santos swamp. A factual narration.
  • 96. Otto Mielke: Shock troop in the armored train. Breakthrough from Oslo to Bergen.
  • 97. Ernst Diekmann: The bunker in the devil's gorge.
  • 98. Artur K. Kuhn: Speedboats on the enemy.
  • 99. Hans Jürgen Rubbert: Duel in the air. The story of a fighter pilot.
  • 100. Heinrich von Düsel: The lost pile of Sasa.
  • 101. Victor Ottmann: Gold fever on Sacramento. With the “Emperor of California” in the gold country.
  • 102. Werner Kepper: Fight for the large bunker.
  • 103. Herbert A. Löhlein: Emergency landing in the green hell. Adventure of a German flight captain.
  • 104. Benno Wundshammer : Lieutenant Kamp. Experiences of a fighter pilot.
  • 105. Kurt Riedel: Escaped the British from Canada.
  • 106. Walther Ahrens: Street fight in front of Paris.
  • 107. Max Lippold (erroneous: Walther Ahrens): A raid troop invades Warsaw.
  • 108. Karl Hanninger: The “ Nudelteich ” raid is overdue.
  • 109. Carl Steinhagen: With Kapitänleutnant Prien against England.
  • 110. Kurt Riedel: The revenge of the chief Ujarak. Experience of a German hunter in Canada.
  • 111. Artur K. Kuhn: Submarine hunt in the Skagerrak.
  • 112. Hermann Freyberg: Treason in the desert. An experience from German South West Africa.
  • 113. Walther Ahrens: And death flies with us.
  • 114. Willi Hennig: Motorized infantry ahead.
  • 115. Walter Medler: We're cracking a convoy. A long-distance submarine trip in winter. Experience report.
  • 116. Max Lippold: Stormtroopers in front of Verdun.
  • 117. Artur K. Kuhn: Outpost boats keep watch.
  • 118. Walther Ahrens: Storm over the Oise.
  • 119. A. Falkenhorst (di: Paul Schmidt): In the claws of the GPU. Experience report from Soviet Russia.
  • 120th Fritz Neujahr: Captain Oesaus 86th shooting down and other combat experiences of his hunting group.
  • 121. Thor Goote (di: Werner von Langsdorff): Fahnenjunker Lingen flees.
  • 122. Hanns Pfeuffer: With the edelweiss before Lemberg. A mountain artilleryman tells.
  • 123. Alexander Wienerberger: For a load of salt in the GPU cellar. Experiences of a German engineer in Soviet Russia.
  • 124. Karl Hanninger: Two men and a machine gun.
  • 125. Dieter Evers: The street is on fire. Tank destroyer in Soviet Russia.
  • 126. Ad. W. Krüger (di: Meta Trinchen Krüger): Himmelsstürmer. The tragedy of Johannisthal in 1911.

See also

literature

  • Peter Wanjek: Bibliography of the German booklet novels 1900–1945. Self-published, Wilfersdorf 1993, DNB 974416584 , p. 441f.
  • Heinz J. Galle: Folk books and book novels. Volume 2: From the German Empire to the “Third Reich” - 40 years of popular reading material. D. von Reeken, Lüneburg 2006, ISBN 3-8334-4314-6 , pp. 244-246.

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