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Background: Signal was one of the major propaganda publications of the Third Reich, aimed at an international audience. It was a lavishly illustrated fortnightly magazine focusing on the war, but with other human interest stories as well. Most issues had some color photographs. It was published in 25 languages, the final issues appearing at the very end of the war. At its height, about 2,500,000 copies of each issue were printed. As late as February 1945, about 750,000 copies were still printed. Although distributed in foreign countries, it was also intended for the various foreign units allied with Germany. Reiner Rutz’s Signal: Eine deutsche Auslandsillustrierte als Propagandainstrument im Zweiten Weltkrieg (2006), based on his dissertation at the Humboldt University, includes a wealth of information on Signal.

I have 63 German issues of Signal for sale:

1940: 13, 14
1941: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23/24
1942: 1-22
1943: 2-5, 7-24
All are complete, but some have loose pages or covers. Some of the wartime paper is crumbly. To my non-expert eye, I’d put their conditions this way:
Poor: 12
Fair: 28
Good: 23
All issues together: $1300, shipping included.

Contact me if you are interested.


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