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Nazi soldier with German shepherds
Nazi soldier target practice
Soldaten ein Bildbuch vom neuen Heer, Max Burchartz
Soldaten, ein Bildbuch vom neuen Heer (Soldiers, a Photo Book Showing the New Army) by Max Burchartz is a fine hardcover Nazi book with 128 glossy photo pages. It starts with a foreword by the Oberbefehlhaber des Heeres (Commander-in-Chief of the Army), Werner Freiherr von Fritsch who is shown (see photo below left) with Adolf Hitler in the photo that accompanies the Geleitwort.

The 8-3/4 x 10-5/8 inch hardcover Third Reich photo book starts with a photo of infantry troops at dawn dated 2 August 1934, the day Feldmarschall Hindenburg died, followed by soldiers swearing allegiance to Adolf Hitler the next day.
Nazi soldier oath to Hitler
Commander-in-Chief of the Army Werner Freiherr von Fritsch and Adolf Hitler
Wehrmacht Gelaendewagen
Wehrmacht Pioniere, nazi Army engineers
Nazi soldiers drinking beer
The section that follows focusses on the training of soldiers (duties and honor) and has photos of soldiers in training, marching, shooting, with gas masks, learning how to read military maps, and having a drink from an army boot-shaped glass.
Soldaten, ein Bildbuch vom neuen Heer was published by Hanseatische Verlagsantalt in Hamburg in 1935. This 86 year old Nazi photo book is in very nice little-used condition and has no unpleasant odor.
There are soldiers on horseback training with and taking care of their horses, as well as soldiers in Kraftfahrer outfits training with their motorized vehicles and motorcycles. There are photos of maneuvers in the field, target practice, camouflage, machine guns, mortars, tanks, light and heavy artillery pieces, artillery shooting, communication soldiers and their equipment (portable and in trucks), military engineers crossing rivers and building bridges and mine barricades, etc.
Nazi soldiers
Nazi tank commander, Panzer wrap
Wehrmacht Pioniere
Nazi Wehrmacht officers
The last few pages show Nazi Officers as well as soldiers drinking beer and spending time with their lady friends. According to information opposite the title page, most photos were taken with a Leica camera and the aerial photographs were all published in agreement with the RLM, the Reichsluftfahrtministerium in Berlin.
Nazi soldiers drinking beer and smoking

Have a look at Mein Soldatenjahr, another Nazi soldier photo book for sale on USMBOOKS.com as well a 1937 publication on the organization of the different branches of the Wehrmacht.  We are happy to combine shipping of multiple purchases!

This Nazi photo book showing the 'new German Army soldier' is
for sale for $145.00 delivered by Media Mail in the continental USA.
 
USM book #1169
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FINE GLOSSY NAZI ARMY SOLDIER PHOTO BOOK

SOLDATEN, EIN BILDBUCH VOM NEUEN HEER
AN ORIGINAL NAZI PHOTO BOOK SHOWING THE NEW GERMAN ARMY SOLDIER IN TRAINING

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