1944 Krakau: Bildnis einer deutschen Stadt im Osten

Kurtz, Heinrich – Krakau: Bildnis einer deutschen Stadt im Osten
Bayreuth: Gauverlag Bayreuth GmbH, 1944. Quarto (4to). 120, [1] pp. Illustrated with 82 photographic plates and 5 text illustrations. Original publisher’s decorated paper-covered boards with red-and-silver city arms on upper cover. Very good condition.

A wartime photographic and historical portrait of Kraków issued by the Gauverlag Bayreuth during the German occupation of Poland. Richly illustrated with full-page halftone views of the city’s churches, fortifications, market square, university buildings, Wawel Castle, and other monuments. The plate list includes contemporary Germanized place names and references to occupation-era nomenclature (e.g. “Adolf-Hitler-Platz”), reflecting the book’s propagandistic context. VG condition, without original wrappers.