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The XXth Century, Shanghai, 1941-1945: A Guide

Tables of Contents
in Chronological Order
by Months

Volume VI
January to June 1944

JANUARY/1944 [entire issue, 79p, 15MB]

   Two Years of Greater East Asia War:

   Soldiers in the Tropics...............Lt. Gen. Hiroshi Kambayashi..1
      [Head of Medical Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Army 
        on moral and physical stamina of Japanese troops]

    Cartoon of the Month...................Sapajou.....................5

    The World's Youngest Republic
      (illustrated)........................Adam Vollhardt..............6
      [From Philippines on Declaration of Independence]

    Interview with the Nethaji.............Wilhelm Schulze............15
	  [Portrait of Indian nationalist Subhas Chandra Bose]
    Eastern Siberia-Underpopulated 

      Treasure House.......................Klaus Mehnert..............19
	  [Focus on recent industrial developments and trends]

    The Living God of Llasa (illustrated)..Fosco Maraini..............32
	  [Author of "Lontanc Tibet" on the Dalai Lama]

    Biotechnics............................G. H. Schwabe..............39

    French Dissidents......................Paul-Francois Carcopino....42
	  [Analysis of developments in dissident camp for preceeding 12 months]

    Skyscrapers.......................................................Alfred Romain............49
	[Life in and among the skyscrapers of NYC]

    The Lotus (illustrated)...........................................Eleanor Consten..........54
	[Flowers as a symbol of feelings and ideas]

    The March of War:  The Battle of the Seven Seas...................Editorial Staff..........62

    The Suicide.  A Story.............................................Henri Troyat.............67
	[written by winner of the 1938 Priz Goncourt for the novel "L'Araigne"]

    Book Review................................................................................74

    Appendices........................................................Editorial Staff

       Economic Geography of Eastern Siberia..................................................75

       Eastern Siberia's Production...........................................................79

       Industry in Eastern Siberia............................................................80

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FEBRUARY/1944 [entire issue, 78p, 14MB]

Shoulder Straps-And Then?.........................................Klaus Mehnert............81
	[Soviet strategic social flip-flops for war purposes]

Cartoon of the Month..............................................Sapajou..................97

Thoughts at Night.................................................Kurt E. Wolff...........100
	[A young Panzer lieutenant on his personal changes]

The World's Resources of Energy...................................R. Buchert..............103
	[On chemical energy and energy storage]

The Science of Labor..............................................E. Bramesfeld...........110
	[By German Reich Committee for Labor Studies labor psychologist]

Contemporary German Sculpture (illustrated).......................Max Loehr...............113

The Case of the Whispering Gallery................................Frederick Wiehl.........119
	[American labor leader describes process behind selecting presidential candidates]

Profession:  Picture Hunting (illustrated)........................Jacques Martin..........125
	[Photo journalist tells how the job is done]

Portrait of an Inventor...........................................J. S....................134

	[Arthur Harris and his "Pacification By Bombing" in India]

Silk and the Japanese (illustrated)...............................Aenne Sano-Gerber.......136
	[Thread closely interwoven with economic and cultural life of people]

The Window:  Victory Through Air Power?...........................G. U....................145

The March of War:  The Mediterranean Front........................Editorial Staff.........147

My Mother's Husband.  A Story.....................................Andre Birabeau..........148
	[French playwright and author]

Book Review...............................................................................156

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MARCH/1944 [entire issue, 78p, 15MB]

Socialism from Above..............................................Klaus Mehnert...........157
	[reaction of Allied bombing raids on Germans]

Blueprints for the World..........................................Editorial Staff.........163
	[Allied plans for postwar world]

Cartoon of the Month..............................................Sapajou.................169

Climate and Man...................................................Willy Hellpach..........178
	Former opposition candidate for Reich President (von Hindenburg)
	On man as a part of nature]

Buildings of Tomorrow (illustrated)...............................Editorial Staff.........187

A College Boy Joins the Navy......................................Lieut. Kenryu Takato....196
	[translated by Press Bureau of the Imperial Japanese Fleet in Chinese Waters]

News and Views....................................................K. H. Abshagen..........201
	[On differences between "news-"papers" and "views-" papers] 

Burma Trails (illustrated)........................................Walter J. Kahler........205
	[First hand pre-war description of Burma and countryside]

The Window:
    Meet Lisbon...................................................E.Th....................218
    Life in Finland...............................................Lennart F. Strid........219

The Isle of the Colossus..........................................H. St...................221
	[Life and customs of historic Rhodes Island]

Five Stories from Rhodes..................................................................224

Appendix:  Documents on Postwar Plans.....................................................229

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APRIL/1944 [entire issue, 78p, 15MB]

From Jeroboam to Benes............................................Klaus Mehnert...........235
	[Analysis of a current war characteristic resulting in 16 countries
	with "governments" outside their own frontiers]

Inside Germany....................................................Franz Josef Spahn.......257
	[War hero writes about life in Germany from a 1942/43 home visit]

European Journeys:
    Lorraine Lost Its Hyphen......................................Wolfgang Hopker.........266
    Switzerland-Island of Neutrality..............................Georg Brautigam.........268
	
Europe from the Air...............................................Photographs.............271

Petrified Sunlight................................................G. B.Mathews............275
	[How the Sun's energy is stored in coal]

The Battle of Sekigahara..........................................Hermann Bohner..........283
	[Author shows how all Japan's previous history conveyed at this battle]

Sonya.............................................................Giselher Wirsing........290
	[On career of a Soviet girl: from Russia to Hollywood]

Theater-East and West:
    History Reigned on Tokyo's Stage..............................Carl Gilber.............292
    The Paris Theater Season 1943/44..............................M. K....................294

Versailles of the Popes...........................................Theodore Vaucher........297
	[The Pope's Alban Hills residence named Castle Gandolfo]

The Window:
    The English Discuss Their Foreign Policy......................W. W....................299
    Rumania Finances the War..............................................................301

The March of War:  American Casualties....................................................303

The Cheese Tiger.  A Story........................................Erwin Heimann...........305
	[Example of Swiss reflective literature]

Book Review...............................................................................311

Documents (Prime Minister Churchill's Speech of February 22, 1944)........................311

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MAY/1944 [entire issue, 76p, 16MB]

In the Wake of the Blitz..........................................Lily Abegg..............313
	[Swiss journalist describes experiences of Germany's Western campaign]

Cartoon of the Month..............................................Sapajou.................321

Germany and Europe (illustrated)..................................W. Brettschneider.......322

Makers of East Asia's Weather.....................................Ernest Gherzi...........330
	[Famed director at Zi Ka Wei Observatory on East Asian weather]

Two Secrets of the Red Billions...................................Editorial Staff.........338
	[Analysis of Soviet Union's 1944 budget]

The Croats (illustrated)..........................................Carl Heinz Eickert......345
	[History of the Croats]

Twilight Front....................................................Bernhard Gramlich.......354
	[Describes the Murmansk Front of the Polar regions]

April Fool in Palestine...........................................P. S. P. V..............357
	[On the April 1, 1944 British mandate in Palestine halting Jewish immigration]

"Dangerous Bank-Note Circulation".................................Walter Siek.............360
	[On large increase of cash circulation in the world]

The Russians in East Asia (illustrated)...........................N. N. Nikolayev.........363
	[Survey of history of Russian expatriates in China]

The Window:
    The Seven Worries of Turkey...........................................................378
    Rehabilitation in France..............................................................379

The March of War:
    Anzio and Nettuno-Second Front Rehearsal......................Editorial Staff.........381
	
Twelve O'Clock.  A Story..........................................Frederick Wiehl.........383
	[American author's humorous theme involving the underworld]

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JUNE/1944 [entire issue, 72p, 14MB]

Of Time and Life in the USA (illustrated).........................Editorial Staff.........389
	[Due to lack of authentic material, little has been written about USA; 
	included here, America's attitude towards the war]

The British Press.................................................K. H. Abshagen..........405
	[Analysis of the nature of British newspapers and publishing]

Cartoon of the Month..............................................Sapajou.................414

Voices from Germany...............................................Excerpts from Letters...415
	[Excerpts of 12 letters to residents in East Asia from Germany]

Swedish Panorama..................................................K. A. S. (Stockholm)....423
	[Life in neutral Sweden]

Air War over Europe...............................................Kurt Fischer............426
	[Technical details and figures on the air war]

On the Black River................................................Haro Trustedt...........434
	[Description of fighting from the northern German-Soviet border]

War Economy and Socialism.........................................Fritz Nonnenbruch.......438

Rockets and Shells................................................Alfred Stettbacher......440
	[Swiss explosives expert on recent developments in the subject]

Transport Planes or Freighters?...................................Editorial Staff.........443
	[Pros and cons of freight movement by plane]
	
Land of Limited Possibilities.....................................Editorial Staff.........445
	[Glance at future raw material situation]

The Window:
    Canada Cannot Turn Back.......................................C. L. (Lisbon)..........447
    A New Trans-American Canal?...................................H. J. (Madrid)..........448
    Is Lancashire Doomed?.......................................Editorial Staff.........450
		[Future prognosis of one-time world cotton capital]

Old Jinshichi.  A Story...........................................Joji Tsubota............452
	[Japanese literature-author spans range from childhood to old age]

Book Review...............................................................................460


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