Vier Jahre Arbeit an den Straßen Adolf Hitlers
Berlin: Volk und Reich Verlag, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 96pp. Original pictorial dustjacket over tan quarter cloth spine and paper-covered boards with title in red lettering on cover. The book presents Hitler's achievement in building the Reichsautobahn featured as a creative project demonstrating the technical expertise and the German's will to rebuild in the Third Reich. Nazi Propaganda glorifying the project to lower unemployment in Germany successfully. The underlying purpose, by no means stressed in this publication, was to move the Wehrmacht and equipment faster and more efficiently through Germany for Hitler's planned war. Includes writings on its cultural importance, the legal basis, its influence on the development of technical progress in roadworks, and various detail regarding the project including a comparison of efficiency of regular highways and the Autobahn. Profusely illustrated with striking b/w photographs (Else Hege and others) of the autobahn, its models, technical drawings, diagrams, tables and maps throughout. Text in German. Some wear along edges of dustjacket, some chips, creasing and blue colored marking at top front. Binding somewhat rubbed with three minor chips in lower right corner of cover. Starting at title page. Dj and binding in overall good-, books in very good condition. g- to vg. Item #40111
Price: $350.00