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RARE NAZI COMMEMORATIVE PUBLICATION ON THE EXPANSION OF THE CITY OF MUNICH IN 1938 (INCLUDING ALLACH)

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Under the Nazis in Third Reich Germany the city of München (Munich) underwent vast renovations and expansions. Munich was known as die Hauptstadt der Bewegung or the "Capital of the Nazi Movement", and enormous sums were spent to make it one of the most beautiful cities in all of Grossdeutschland. The old north-side airport at Oberwiesenfeld was considered too small and too dangerous so a huge new Munich airport was built on the east side of the city at Riem. The Führerbau containing Hitler's office, the NSDAP Verwaltungsbau (Nazi Party Administration Building) and the Honor Temples for the martyrs of the November 1923 Putsch took their places on the Königsplatz along with much older historical structures.

This book with its beautifully gold embossed cover was issued to commemorate the events associated with the expansion of the city of Munich to include the suburban towns of Obermenzing, Untermenzing, Ludwigsfeld, Solln and Allach on the west side.

This fine 85 year old, 8-3/4 x 12 inch commemorative publication has glossy paper and thick art paper pages and is complete and in very nice condition. The gold blocking on the front cover, including the Nazi eagle and swastika monk coat of arms of Third Reich Munich, is in very fine condition. It is as good as any one we have ever seen and we have only see two examples in the last five years. No odor.

There is also a photograph of Adolf Hitler and Frau-Direktor Hermine Hoffmann of Solln who was given the honorary title Hitler-Mutter. She was an early Hitler supporter (Nazi Party member since 1919) and friend (she visited him several times when he was imprisoned at Landsberg) and the founder of the NS-Frauenschaft in Gau München-Oberbayern. She was awarded the Gold Nazi Party Badge in 1943.

The big 48-page commemorative book contains a foreword by Reichsleiter Karl Fiehler and a historical perspective by Bürgermeister Dr. Temple (shown in the picture on the right). That is followed by a certificate stating that Adolf Hitler was an honorary citizen of Obermenzing , Allach and Solln. Then follows information about the size and population expansion for Munich as a result of annexations, color and black & white pictures of some of the area incorporated and photographs of Nazi Officials in charge of the civil governments involved.

There are interior and exterior pictures of the newly finished Adolf-Wagner-Schule in Allach (designed by famous German architect Sep Ruf) which had a bust of the SA-Obergruppenführer and NSDAP-Gauleiter of Munich in the entrance hall (shown left).

The industries of the various annexed towns are discussed including the railroad engine factory of Krauß-Maffei and the SS-Porzellanmanufaktur (SS Porcelain Factory) in Allach.

This is a very rare, very heavily illustrated oversized softcover publication with a superb embossed cover with gold blocking which says Festschrift anlässlich der Eingemeindung von Obermenzing, Untermenzing, Allach, Ludwigsfeld, Solln am 1. Dezember 1938 (Memorial Book Covering the Incorporation of the Towns of Obermenzing, Untermenzing, Allach, Ludwigsfeld, Solln on 1 December 1938) with the high relief Nazi era Wappen or shield of Munich in the center.