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The XXth Century, Shanghai, 1941-1945: A Guide
Tables of Contents
in Chronological Order
by Months
Volume VIII
January to June 1945
JANUARY/1945 [entire issue, 50p, 12MB]
In the Furnace.........................Klaus Mehnert................1
[How Germans are facing the war in 1944]
Roosevelt's Margin of Victory..........Frederick Wiehl..............3
[Significance of Roosevelt's 4th successive election]
Propaganda Analysis....................Alfred Romain................7
[Observations and analysis of American public opinion
and it's manipulation]
Rubber on the Amazon...................Walter J. Kahler............13
[On the difficulties involved increasing rubber supply from Brazil]
Antony Grows Up........................Editorial Staff.............20
[Analysis of English youth preparing to become member of the ruling class]
Of Stars and Atoms.....................Fritz Schaale ..............26
[Article seeks to interest readers in the size of these things]
East Wind..............................Helen af Enehjelm...........28
[Excerpts from Finnish novel describing life there in 1941-1943]
The Rivers of Europe (illustrated).....Gerrit Kreling..............32
The March of War: The Balkan Front...........................Editorial Staff.............38
World Press Digest
What America Reads. What are the Most Frequent Wounds?
Soviet Maps. An Army Marches..Shareholdings of the Tycoons.
Serious Sickness. Total Mobilization and Skill.......................................40
Cartoon of the Month..........................................Sapajou.....................42
Stopover. A Story............................................Hans Tittel.................43
Book Review...............................................................................48
Table of Contents of Vol. VII.............................................................49
Index of Vol. VII........................................................................51
Maps: Republicans and Democrats in the Last Six Presidential Elections (p. 5);Rubber Areas in the Amazon Valley (p. 14);
The Balkan Front (p. 39)
Illustrations by Gerrit Kreling (Of Stars and Atoms) and J. B. Schmitz (Stopover)
Photographs by Walter J. Kahler (Rubber on the Amazon)
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FEBRUARY/1945 [entire issue, 56p, 13MB]
European Alliances............................................Klaus Mehnert...............53
[Survey of history of recent European alliances to Franco-Soviet 1944]
Twenty-five Years of European Treaties (1919-1944)........................................62
The Franco-Soviet Treaty of December 10, 1944.............................................64
The Balkan Cauldron...........................................Kurt Fischer................65
[Closer look at Balkan affairs after German pullout]
Cartoon of the Month..........................................Sapajou.....................71
Behind Barbed Wire............................................Rolf Magener................72
[Interned for 5 years in India by British, author describes experience]
Maria Theresa.................................................Willy Andreas...............76
[Historical essay on legacy of the Hapsburg Empire]
Toys (illustrated)............................................Christine McLaughlin........85
[Modern toys mirror present-day attitude toward children]
World Press Digest............................................Excerpts....................91
The End of the Smokestack. Three-Dimensional Maps. Who Will
Win the War? Artificial Insemination of Livestock.
Letter to the Editor.
The March of War..............................................Editorial Staff
The Campaigns in China................................................................92
The Western Front.....................................................................95
The Stamp. A Story...........................................Eugen Roth..................98
[Humorous prose by a well known German writer of philosophical poems]
Book Review..............................................................................103
Appendix: Southeastern Europe: ........................................................103
Territorial Changes Between 1914 and 1943. Nationalities. Religious
Distribution. Interstate Trade in 1938. German-Rumanian Economic
Treaty of March 23, 1939. Terms of the Armistice Between Rumania and
The Allies. Excerpts from Churchill's speech of December 5, 1944.
Maps: Emancipation of the Balkan Nations from Turkish Rule (p. 66); Territorial Changes in Southeastern Europe Between 1938 and 1943 (p. 67); The Hapsburg Empire in 1740 (p. 79); ; The Western Front, October 3, 1944, to January 10, 1945 (p. 97)
Illustrations by Gerrit Kreling (Behind Barbed Wire; Toys; The Stamp)
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MARCH/1945 [entire issue, 52p, 13MB]
The Battle for Eastern Germany................................Klaus Mehnert..............107
[Analysis of the battles along the Eastern Front]
Australia in the Sixth Year of War............................H. Sauer...................115
[Study based on radio reports from Melborne]
Bretton Woods................................................F. Bretschneider...........118
[Analysis of the Inter-Allied Conference]
Cartoon of the Month..........................................Sapajou....................122
Invisible Light...............................................Fritz Schaale..............123
[On the problems of radiation]
Near East Conflicts...........................................Editorial Staff............126
Copper........................................................Peter Hilten...............128
[On the pervasive importance of this element]
The Lonely King...............................................Dr. W. Brettschneider......133
[A portrait of Frederick the Great]
On the Butterflies' Trail.....................................Dr. H. Hone................136
[On the origins of butterflies by a world expert]
Allergies.....................................................Dr. Karl von Hollander.....140
[Describes what they are]
Three-Dimensional Weapon......................................Helmuth Kohrer.............142
[On the functioning of anti-aircraft artillery]
Monuments to Labor (illustrated)..............................Peter P. Fechner...........144
[Sculptor on sculptures of laborers]
The March of War: ...........................................Editorial Staff
Warfare in the Philippines...........................................................148
US Casualities.......................................................................151
World Press Digest: .........................................Excerpts...................151
Faster Than Sound. Tons of Game. Swing it, Maestro. If Our Senses were
Different. Justice Gone Mad. Bouncing Betty.
Boccia Duel. A Story.........................................Alessandro Pavolini........154
[By one of the outstanding authors of Fascist Italy]
Book Review..............................................................................156
Maps and Charts: The Eastern Front, January 12 to February 9, 1945 (p. 108); Scale of Radiation (p. 125);
Leyt (p. 148); Central Luzon (p. 149)
Illustrations by Adolf Menzel (the Lonely King); Josef Hegenbarth
(Boccia Duel); and T. V. Ossipov
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APRIL/MAY/1945 [entire issue, 74p, 16MB]
Answer to Lord Vansittart.....................................Klaus Mehnert..............157
[Deconstruction of Vansittart's anti-German novel "Lesson Of My Life"]
Stormy Isle of Peace..........................................Johannes Stoye.............168
[On Ireland's 800 year fight with the British]
Robots........................................................Dr. G. Probst..............173
[Robots, past and present]
Dividual......................................................H. Bayer...................179
[Thesis in contemporary man and human relations]
The Dukes of England..........................................N. N.......................183
[On some of Englands 26 Dukes]
Thanksgiving Postponed........................................E. Obenaus.................187
[Results of attempts at developing a co-ordinated economy]
Netsuke (illustrated).........................................Hanna Woidt................194
[Traces brief appearance of this minature art form]
Death in Ford's Theater.......................................Paul Wiegler...............198
[On the assassination of Abraham Lincoln]
Demographic and Economic changes in War-Time USSR.............H. Thomas..................201
[On developments which may have lasting consequences]
The Animal Art of the Eurasian Steppes........................Max Loehr..................209
[Art of the Eurasian nomands]
The Jews in the Roman Empire..................................Dr. Gerhard Kittel.........213
[A little known chapter in Roman/Jewish history]
The Centuries' Toll of Art....................................Wilhelm Waetzoldt..........217
[Art historian on works of art destroyed throughout the ages]
Dresden.......................................................Photographs................219
World Press Digest............................................Excerpts...................221
Salt for Thirst. Abortive America. Red Red Tape
Rice and Vitamins. They Are.
Cartoon of the Month..........................................Sapajou....................223
The Other World. A Story.....................................Gerhart Weise..............224
[On a soldiers experience of going home for leave]
Book Review..............................................................................228
Map: Ireland (p. 170)
Illustrations by Alexandra Bick (The Other World) and I. V. Ossipov
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JUNE/1945 [entire issue, 62p, 13MB]
The End of the War in Europe..................................The Editor.................229
[On the effects upon Germany]
German Faces..................................................Photographs................231
Of Witches and Wars...........................................Kurt Baschwitz.............233
[Attempt to explain the phenomenon of "mass delusion"]
Goethe and his Time...........................................Gustav Rohreke.............241
[Study of his relationship towards time and people]
The Literacy Taste of Present-Day Japan.......................Tomoji Abe.................244
Politics and Thought..........................................Klaus Mehnert..............248
[On the importance of the power of thought in solving social problems]
Trembling Earth...............................................Ernest Gherzi..............251
[On the study of micro-sesmic vibrations]
TIME..........................................................Excerpts...................255
The USSR - Issues of Today and Tomorrow
Soviet Author's Problem Number One........................Klaus Mehnert..............263
[Creation of "Homo Sovieticus" in literary form]
Thoughts on Soviet Foreign Policy.........................Editorial Staff............273
[Conclusions must be based on present not past cause]
The March of War in Europe: .................................Editorial Staff
The Eastern Front....................................................................280
The Western Front....................................................................281
The Rainmaker. A Story.......................................Hermann Hesse..............282
[Condensed translation of recently released short story]
Book Review..............................................................................289
Maps and Charts: The Rise and Decline of Scientific Research in America (p. 260);
The American Stockmarket in 1944 (p. 261); The Fronts in Europe (p. 281)
Illustrations by Alexandra Bick (The Rainmaker) and I.V. Ossipov (Trembling Earth)
Photographs by Walter Hege
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