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1919 FREIKORPS MAGAZINE DAS BAYERLAND
THE VERY RARE 1 JUNE 1919 ISSUE OF THE PATRIOTIC
PRE-NAZI FREIKORPS MAGAZINE DAS BAYERLAND
PRE-NAZI FREIKORPS MAGAZINE DAS BAYERLAND
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As anyone who collects Nazi ephemera knows, printed material from before 1925 is extremely rare. This 1 June 1919 issue of ,,Das Bayerland’’ is a wonderful example of very early German nationalist material.
The magazine Das Bayerland had been in business for 30 years when this issue was printed and it billed itself as the “Illustrated Twice-Monthly Magazine for Bavarian Land and People”. By the time this issue was printed immediately following the German surrender in World War I, the magazine was consumed with patriotic paramilitary organizations (or Freikorps). Das Bayerland had established itself as the media for information about the necessity for Bavaria to defend itself against Jews and Communists as disparate groups sought control of the government of Germany.
Articles and ads are aimed at recruiting ex-military men for organizations like the Wehrregiment München, Reichswehrballonzug Standort München, Gruppe von Epp, Freikorps Werdenfels, 1. Würtemburgische Freiwilligen Regiment, Detachment Schaaf, etc.
Many photographs show paramilitary units in action, while others depict Communists like Tobia Axelrod, Dr. Max Levin, Dr. Eugen Levine-Niessen, etc. While we purchased this very rare and historic magazine in an antique shop in Germany, there is no doubt from notations in it that it was once an important part of a Nazi archive somewhere.
This issue of Das Bayerland also contains historic advertising from for example BMW and Circus Krone. Remarkably rare and in very good condition.