Slowakei: Land zwischen Ost und West 1944

Ernst Tropper – Slowakei: Land zwischen Ost und West [Slovakia: Land Between East and West]. With an introductory text by Rudolf Musil. Brünn–München–Wien: Rudolf M. Rohrer Verlag, 1944.4to. 102 pp. Original illustrated boards with color lithographic cover design signed “M. Leh.” Illustrated throughout with black-and-white photographs. A photographic survey of Slovakia published during the Second World War, documenting the country's landscapes, architecture, rural communities, traditional costumes, agricultural practices, and everyday life. The photographs include views of villages and historic towns, churches, folk celebrations, and portraits of Slovak peasants in regional dress. The volume also contains a posthumous tribute to the photographer Franz Seidler, who died on 8 June 1940 during the German campaign in France. The text acknowledges his participation in the photographic documentation of Slovakia between 1932 and 1937. Published in 1944, the book offers a visual record of Slovakia during the period of the wartime Slovak Republic, combining ethnographic and topographical photography with the regional and cultural perspectives of German-language publishing of the period. Very good condition.