LSSAH, NSKK 1939 Motor Schau Magazine

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EXTREMELY RARE LSSAH, NSKK AND NAZI PARTY DAY
GROUNDS PHOTO FEATURES IN THE VERY BEST
FULL-COLOR AUTOMOTIVE AND AVIATION MAGAZINE
PUBLISHED DURING THE THIRD REICH OF ADOLF HITLER:
MOTOR SCHAU - THE MOTOR SHOW

There were many magazines published in Nazi Germany concerned with the subjects of cars, motorcycles, aircraft, busses and trains, but none of them were anywhere near as well done or as successful as ,,Motor Schau’’ (The Motor Show).

,,Motor Schau’’ was a big, oversized 10 x 13-3/4 inch trade and consumer magazine which concentrated on every aspect of the “motor business” not only in Germany, but around the world. Its emphasis was Germany and German equipment and every big issue was packed with features, news and advertising related to the motor trades. Unlike the other German motoring magazines, every issue of ,,Motor Schau’’ had a striking industry related cover and lots of color inside.

Motor Schau was founded and published by Adolf Hitler’s good friend Jakob Werlin, who not only advised Hitler on the purchase of automobiles but also often accompanied him to the annual German Auto Show in Berlin (Automobil-Ausstellung Berlin) and other motor related events.

Werlin was one of the five directors of Daimler-Benz and described himself in his own magazine as a, “collaborator with the Führer in the question of the motorization of Germany”. The magazine was published by Motorschau Verlag Dr. Georg Elsner & Co. in Berlin on a monthly basis in the beginning and a quarterly by mid 1943.

Examples of ,,Motor Schau’’ are only rarely offered for sale. It was a specialty magazine at the time it was published (1937 - 1944) and during the cold and hunger winters of 1945, 1946 and 1947, a great many were burned in stoves and fireplaces as fuel.

Offered for sale on
this webpage is the
extremely rare
September 1939
issue of
Motor Schau.

It contains 76 pages and contains major photo features on the motorized aspects of Die Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler and its barracks at Berlin-Lichterfelde, NSKK formations, new construction at the Reichsparteitaggelände (Nazi Party Days Grounds) at Nuernberg, the Gothaer Wagenfabrik Go 150 aircraft, NSFK Flying Day in Frankfurt am Main, training young people to work at the Volkswagenwerk Braunschweig, etc.

There is a beautiful full-page, full-color photograph of the Preis des Führers (Führer Prize) awarded to Rudolf Caracciola of Mercedes-Benz.

There is a Motorschau-Karthotek (shown right), a page of cards showing and giving statistical information on four different German aircraft:
the Gotha Go150, Dornier Do 26, Junkers Ju 90 and the Blohm & Voss Ha 140.

There are huge striking ads in color and black & white from Auto-Union, Henkel aviation, Opel, Gothaer Wagenfabrik, Vomag, Henschel, Zündapp, Mercedes-Benz, Arado, Büssing Hag, Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen and others.

A previous owner reinforced the top and bottom couple of inches of the spine with kraft color paper, but otherwise the extremely rare 65+ year old magazine is in excellent, lightly used condition.

Examples in this condition are virtually unobtainable at any price.

To see additional rare
issues of Motor Schau
offered for sale on
this website,
click HERE.

This extremely rare September 1939 issue of ,,Motor Schau’’
is offered for sale for $695.00 delivered in the USA.
We are happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire.

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