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Berlin - 1936


Very heavily illustrated Heinrich Hoffmann photo book about BERLIN which was intended to give visitors to the 1936 Summer Olympic Games an overview of the capital Berlin. The book is in multi language (German, English, French and Spanish) and is an in-depth examination in captioned photos of many buildings, sights and scenes that no longer exist - many were destroyed during the war.

Depicted are the Royal Palace in Berlin, Monbijou Palace, Charlottenburg Palace, the Nazi Diplomatic Corps, the Army Memorial, the German / English Society of Berlin, the Brandenburg Gate, the Reichschancellery, Hitler speaking in the Deutschlandhalle, performances at the Berlin Philharmonic and the German Opera House, Reichssportfeld, German people celebrating Adolf Hitler, Museum Island, the German Museum, the Prussian Arms Collection at the Arsenal on Unter den Linden, the Postal Museum, Olympic venues, the biggest airport in the world at Berlin Tempelhof, victories of German technology, the Reichsautobahn, the Berlin International Auto Show, the racetrack at Karlshorst, Sanssouci in Potsdam, Berlin at night, the zoo, variety theaters and even the Life Clock at Doenhoff Platz in Berlin which "sounded its chimes on the exact second in which a new German citizen was born into the world."

Softcover

  • 128 pages
  • 239 b/w photos

In good/fair exterior and very good interior condition
Spine damaged, front cover, title and preface stained, otherwise ok.

All pages are complete and tight in the binding.

Approx/Measurements: 10-1/4" x 8-1/4"  ~0.7 lbs.

by Heinrich Hoffmann
Published by Verlag Heinrich Hoffmann




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