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This is a fine 1942 second edition of the rare 7-1/2 x 10-1/2 inch, 128 page very, very heavily illustrated hardcover book Reichsautobahn - Mensch und Werk (The State Freeways - Men and Achievement) by famous photographer Erna Lendvai-Dircksen as published by Gauverlag Bayreuth.
This book was deemed important enough by the NSDAP that the foreword was written for it by the Generalinspektor für das deutsche Strassenwesen Reichsminister Dr.-Ing. Fritz Todt prior to his tragic death in a plane crash in Russia, and Emil Maier-Dorn wrote the photo captions and several poems.
This book was deemed important enough by the NSDAP that the foreword was written for it by the Generalinspektor für das deutsche Strassenwesen Reichsminister Dr.-Ing. Fritz Todt prior to his tragic death in a plane crash in Russia, and Emil Maier-Dorn wrote the photo captions and several poems.
Erna Lendvai-Dircksen was a world-famous, world-class documentary photographer of enormous standing at the time she shot the photos for this exercise in justifiable German pride.
The Reichsautobahn was without question the first freeway system in the world to have been carried beyond the experimental stage, and its development was closely watched and copied by highway builders and the governments of every country.
The Reichsautobahn was without question the first freeway system in the world to have been carried beyond the experimental stage, and its development was closely watched and copied by highway builders and the governments of every country.
The book is magnificent. One hundred huge full-page black & white photos depict not only the landscapes, machinery and construction of one of the mid 20th century wonders of the world, but also the faces, bodies, and talented hands of the men who built it. Reichsautobahn bridges are shown in scaffolding and as beautifully stone-clad finished structures. Safe traffic lanes traverse the country of Germany with gentle curves, conformable ascents and descends, and no grade crossings.
Today, with freeway travel a norm virtually everywhere, some of the importance of this book will be lost on many, but for any historian it is like leafing through a photographic manual on the building of the pyramids!
The first edition of 10,000 was printed in 1937, and this 79 year old hardcover Second Edition (11 - 20,000) of Reichsautobahn - Mensch und Werk is in very nice, little-used condition. No odor.
The first edition of 10,000 was printed in 1937, and this 79 year old hardcover Second Edition (11 - 20,000) of Reichsautobahn - Mensch und Werk is in very nice, little-used condition. No odor.
Have a look at the rare original 1941 Nazi porcelain 4000 km freeway plaque as well as Third Reich Reichsautobahn publications for sale on USMBOOKS.com. We are happy to combine shipping of multiple purchases!
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NAZI REICHSAUTOBAHN PHOTO DOCUMENTARY LENDVAI-DIRCKSEN
MAGNIFICENT 1942
NAZI PHOTO BOOK REICHSAUTOBAHN -
MENSCH UND WERK
(THE STATE FREEWAYS - MEN AND ACHIEVEMENT)
