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1937 KdF cruise to Norway on the OCEANA

The Third Reich ephemera for sale on this USMBOOKS web page was carefully saved by a passenger on the 59th Norwegenfahrt, the Nazi KdF cruise to Norway from 21-27 July 1937 on the Hamburg-Amerika Linie cruise ship the Oceana, under the command of Captain G. Schröder.

HAPAG Doppelschraubdampfer OCEANA
Nationalsozialistische Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude Reise 1937
The lot includes the 5-1/2 x 8-7/8 inch, 4-panel Welcome on Board publication with the Nazi swastika flag and HAPAG emboss on the cover. It lists the names of the officers of the 211 member crew, as well as the menu for Wednesday 21 July 1937.

HAPAG Ms OCEANA
KdF cruise to Norway 1937 menu
Hamburg-Amerika Linie , Oceana, KdF cruise ship
KdF-Kreuzfahrtschiff OCEANA Muetzenband mit HK-Flagge
There is also a three-panel, 5 x 8 inch (folds open to 8 x 14-¾ inch) publication printed in blue ink with information on the Doppelschraubdampfer or twin-propellor steamship Oceana, the 90 year history of the Hamburg-Amerika Linie as well as the HAPAG home port of Hamburg. One of the panels has technical ship terms and another information about the sea and weather.
There are three two-sided menu cards (shown left) for 23, 24 and 26 July 1937 in the lot, complete with cogwheel KdF swastika logos. Printed on the reverse is the daily program for each day which included nautical and cultural presentations, dances, costume balls, sport events, concerts, movie presentations, etc.
The 2-½ x 3-½ inch card is for the Early Service at table number 76 and the passenger also saved the one-sided 5-7/8 x 8-1/4 inch sheet on the customs procedures upon return to Hamburg, provided by the Nationalsozialistische Gemeinschaft Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy, a unit of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF) or German Labor Front).
The 5-¾ x 8 inch, 4-panel publication with the watercolor of the Oceana on the cover has the parting words of the Captain (below), addressed to Deutsche Volksgenossen (fellow German citizens) and with a Heil Hitler! sign off. It also has an excerpt from the Ship Log with highlights from the six-day KdF cruise.
All eight pieces are 100% original to the 59th Norwegenfahrt on the HAPAG cruise ship the Oceana. The 83 year ephemera is in nice used condition, exactly as shown above.

Also for sale on USMBOOKS.com, a 1939 KdF Italy cruise ticket book,
as well as other original Third Reich travel memorabilia. 
We are happy to combine shipping to save you money!

This lot of original 1937 KdF cruise Oceana lot is ** SOLD **
 
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KdF CRUISE LOT JULY 1937 NORWAY CRUISE ON THE HAMBURG-AMERIKA
LINE NAZI CRUISE SHIP OCEANA

EIGHT ORIGINAL 1937 KdF CRUISE TRAVEL SOUVENIRS

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