Lot 23
SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Album containing 65 silver gelatin print photographs,
4 June 2014, 13:00 EDT
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SPANISH CIVIL WAR.
Album containing 65 silver gelatin print photographs, 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches, [Spain, October-November, 1937], many captioned in German, in original cloth album, overall very fine condition.
ALBUM OF A GERMAN AIRMAN SUPPORTING THE NATIONALISTS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Adolph Hitler sent air and armor units in support of General Francisco Franco almost immediately after the outbreak of war in July, 1936. Hitler's support was limited, however, by his unwillingness to escalate quite yet into a World War. In the event, his involvement gave the opportunity to test tactics and equipment and to pave the way for Spanish neutrality in his aggression against France and Europe generally. The present album therefore is relatively rare, at the end of 1936 it is approximated that there were only 7,000 German troops in Spain. Images present here include views of Santander, bombed-out Bilbao and San Sebastian, Zaragoza, airplanes and airfields, bombs, an unexploded bomb in a field, a corpse, artillery inspection, and a beach holiday.
ALBUM OF A GERMAN AIRMAN SUPPORTING THE NATIONALISTS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR. Adolph Hitler sent air and armor units in support of General Francisco Franco almost immediately after the outbreak of war in July, 1936. Hitler's support was limited, however, by his unwillingness to escalate quite yet into a World War. In the event, his involvement gave the opportunity to test tactics and equipment and to pave the way for Spanish neutrality in his aggression against France and Europe generally. The present album therefore is relatively rare, at the end of 1936 it is approximated that there were only 7,000 German troops in Spain. Images present here include views of Santander, bombed-out Bilbao and San Sebastian, Zaragoza, airplanes and airfields, bombs, an unexploded bomb in a field, a corpse, artillery inspection, and a beach holiday.