Bidspirit auction | Extensive document and propaganda collection

Extensive document and propaganda collection on the topic of ”Civil Air Defense in the Third Reich” (Reich Air Protection League – RLB) – approx. 1933–1944 - Very rich and historically interesting estate on civil air defense and industrial air defense in National Socialism. The collection includes numerous contemporary documents, official papers, rare regulations, training certificates, advertising and propaganda sheets, as well as large-format house signs (some kept in protective folders). Special Highlights & Core Components of the Collection: Official Reports & Secret Matters: Including a historically highly sensitive, typewritten original report (classified as ”Secret”) by the Lord Mayor of the ”Capital of the Movement” (Munich) on the heavy air raid of April 25, 1944 (as of May 25, 1944), including ”Annex 2: List of Air War Damage to Cultural and Artistic Goods in the Munich City District”. Official Correspondence & Orders: Including a letter from the Bavarian Main State Archive (Munich District Archive Department) dated July 21, 1943, regarding the ”Uniform Implementation of Air Defense Measures for the Archives” in the Upper Bavaria administrative district, with official stamp (imperial eagle) and handwritten processing notes. Reich Air Protection League (RLB) Organizational Documents: * Early ”Circular No. 1” from the Presidium of the RLB e.V. from Berlin (dated June 20, 1933) on the founding and organization of local groups. An appeal/propaganda leaflet ”Deutsche Männer! Deutsche Frauen!” (”German Men! German Women!”) with portrait and printed signature of Hermann Göring (co-inventor/promoter of civil air defense) from April 29, 1933. Filled-out form of an ”Air Defense Community No. 5” of the local district group Dannenberg-Lüchow (with a list of available equipment such as grappling hooks, bucket pumps, etc.). Unused ”Air Defense House Sign” of the Düsseldorf district group of the RLB. Industrial Air Defense & Training: Manual/Regulation ”W.L.S.Dv. – Der Werkluftschutz, Teil VII: Werkluftschutzsanitätsdienst” (”Industrial Air Defense, Part VII: Industrial Air Defense Medical Service”) (published by the Reichsgruppe Industrie on order of the Reich Aviation Minister, Berlin, August 1939). Matching original training certificate for a Samaritan at ”Aluminiumwerk Tscheulin G.m.b.H., Teningen/Baden” from 1937. Operating Instructions: Leaflet/Regulation for ”Wema” type blackout systems (as of January 1941). Periodicals / Journals: Three issues of the well-known, richly illustrated propaganda magazine ”Die Sirene” (with official communications from the Reich Air Protection League, including Issue No. 3 from 1935). Condition: Age-appropriate good to moderate, authentic condition. The documents partly show signs of use and storage (creases, small tears, some foxing, age-related browning of the paper or slight rust marks from old staples/folders). Overall, an excellent contemporary ensemble documenting everyday and air protection during World War II.