Freudenborn 1935 by Reichsverband für Deutsche Jugendherbergen - 1935

Berlin: Reichsverband für Deutsche Jugendherbergen, 1935. First edition. Very Good +. Small, illustrated wrappers (4 ½" x 6 ¼"), 47, [1] pp, illustrations. In German. Published annually by the German Youth Hostel Association (DJH), which had been subsumed by the Hitler Youth in 1933, these small booklets were meant to be carried by adolescent boys and girls as they traversed Germany's natural landscapes. This issue includes a calendar for 1935 found on the inside of the front and rear wrappers; brief statements for Germany's youth by Adolf Hitler and Baldur von Schirach (with accompanying illustrated portraits); Nordic mythology, profiles of German historic sites, songs, nature, physical fitness, short stories, etc. The DJH was initially founded by Richard Schirrmann in 1919, seven years after he established the first youth hostel; it was reconstituted in 1949 and exists today as the Deutsche Jugendherbergswerk. Some foxing to wrappers.