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Group portrait without gentlemen: The female staff members of C. Bertelsmann Verlag on a picture taken during the anniversary year 1935 The gentlemen of the C. Bertelsmann Verlag staff with Johannes Mohn in their midst, 1935 Portrait of Heinrich Mohn, ca. 1940 Packaging for Bertelsmann's Feldpost editions (1939-1944) Ad for sending Feldpost booklets Poster advertising Bertelsmann's Feld editions, ca. 1940 Tales of camaraderie and calls for intellectual military training are increasingly a part of the publishing program, poster from 1936 Poster advertising the book "Narvik - Vom Heldenkampf deutscher Zerstörer" (Narvik - The Heroic Battle of German Destroyers) Poster with a short synopsis of the novel "Narvik" Three generations of a publishing family - Johannes Mohn (l.) with son Heinrich and grandson Hans Heinrich Heinrich Mohn, 1906 Agnes Mohn (née Seippel), 1920s Wedding paper for Heinrich and Agnes Mohn, née Seippel, who got married in 1912 Agnes and Heinrich Mohn's children: Ursula, Sigbert, Gerd, Hans Heinrich, Reinhard and Annegret (ca. 1928, from left to right) Garden view of the former home and publishing house of the Mohn family. "Unseren lieben Alten" (Our Dear Elderly) was a series with uplifting, contemplative content. Emergency currency in Gütersloh during the inflation year of 1923 Fritz Wixforth, Head of Sales, 1937 Office environment in the 1930s The "Comptoir" in 1935. Gerhard Steinsiek and Fritz Wixforth at the lecterns on the left; opposite them Miss Christöphler and Otto Oeltze, Heinrich Mohn's brother-in-law The "Comptoir," 1935 The expansion of the publishing program began in 1928 with these four novels, priced between 3.50 and 7.50 Reichsmark One of the first and hottest-selling belletristic titles - "Heimat wider Heimat" (Homeland vs. Homeland) by Gustav Schröer Shop window promotion for narrative fiction by Gustav Schröer Publisher's ad for narrative fiction, ca. 1930 Publisher's ad for the inexpensive "Volk" editions, ca. 1930 Fritz Wixforth (l.) and Otto Oeltze on a sales trip in the 1930s Letter case with composing stick, tweezers and galley The manual composing room with frames in the 1930s "Das kleine Buch" - Presentation board for shop window displays, ca. 1933 Poster Bertelsmann Volksausgaben (People's Edition) - shop window decor "Das kleine Buch"- shop window decor An interesting proposition for traveling and publishing booksellers - "3 valuable book sets" Large parts of the publishing plant are destroyed in an air raid in March 1945 The Bertelsmann publishing company's warehouse and workshops after the air raid shortly before the end of the war The destroyed company buildings on Eickhoffstrasse The destroyed company buildings on Eickhoffstrasse Reconstruction of the publishing building The "Black Panther" was deployed on organizational trips in the time of need following the war The printing plant in 1946 Cornerstone ceremony after the war, 1947 C. Bertelsmann Verlag headquarters in Gütersloh, ca. 1930 Portrait of the theologist Paul Althaus Recall announcement for the theological title "Der Herr der Kirche" (Lord of the Church) by Paul Althaus Mnemonic card for Sunday school, 1930s Protestant illustrated calendar published by the Rufer imprint, 1940 Explanatory ad for the Rufer imprint At the Gütersloh-based publishing house that bears his name, Gerd Mohn continues Bertelsmann's theological tradition as the company's owner and director The Gerd Mohn publishing house in Gütersloh The publishing company's old sign New publishing work done by a cheerful team, Gerd Mohn on the ladder Publishers in conversation: Gerd and Reinhard Mohn with Otto Flake and Sigbert Mohn (from l to r) Paper cheque issued by the Wehrmacht (armed forces) Matthias Lackas, picture in his Armed Forces passport, 1938 Poster advertising Bertelsmann's Feld editions Literature for soldiers at the front: Feldpost editions Literature for soldiers at the front: Feldpost editions Literature for soldiers at the front: The Small Feldpost edition Poster Poster Poster advertising stories designed as a distraction from life during wartime Poster advertising Bertelsmann's illustrated volumes