Germany. Second World War. Complete Two-Volume Collectible Photograph Album Set «Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Bild». From Nuremberg to Stalingrad and from Stalingrad to Nuremberg. 1952.

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Set of two German post-war illustrated albums, published in 1952 under the title Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Bild (The Second World War in Pictures), presenting a photographic history of the Second World War, from the events preceding the conflict to Germany’s defeat and the Nuremberg Trials.

The work consists of two volumes:

Volume I – Von Nürnberg bis Stalingrad (From Nuremberg to Stalingrad): covering the events leading up to the war and the first phase of the conflict, including the 1938 Munich Conference, the German-Soviet Pact, the invasion of Poland in 1939, German military campaigns and the Battle of Stalingrad.

Volume II – Von Stalingrad bis Nürnberg (From Stalingrad to Nuremberg): covering the second phase of the war, from Stalingrad to the defeat of the Third Reich in 1945 and the subsequent Nuremberg Trials.

Each volume contains 180 black-and-white photographs arranged in 30 series of 6 images, giving a total of 360 photographs across the two albums.

The photographs are numbered by series, pasted onto the pages and accompanied by explanatory texts printed in German. This format is characteristic of collectible photographic albums, which were particularly popular in Germany during the first half of the twentieth century.

The work provides an extensive visual record of the political and military events of the Second World War, featuring photographs of political leaders, military operations, troops, vehicles, weapons, cities and wartime locations.

Identification: Two-volume German collectible photograph album set Der Zweite Weltkrieg im Bild, published in 1952. Volumes Von Nürnberg bis Stalingrad and Von Stalingrad bis Nürnberg. Total capacity of 360 black-and-white photographs arranged in 60 series. German post-war publication documenting the Second World War.