Newspaper Metal sign

[reneblacky]

Here's a perspective shot taken just now

[big ned]

After over 3 years it's time to put this baby to bed!

The 'Schwabischer Beobachter' was a German language newspaper printed in Petrovgrad, Serbia from 1934 and throughout the war. I can find no trace of it today.

During the 30's and 'til the end of the war, the population was nearly 30% German speaking, other ethnic groups being Hungarian and Serbian amongst a few others. Today there are non listed as German speaking. The Germans invaded the region in 1941 and systematically destroyed the synagogues and deported the Jews to the death camps.

Here's a linky thing to the city and area the paper covered.

Zrenjanin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't know how you got your hands on this Rene, but I have noticed that bound yearly copies of the 'Schwabischer Beobachter' crop up on Australian e-bay on a regular basis....Strange!

Hope this helps, Ned.

[reneblacky]

After over 3 years it's time to put this baby to bed!

The 'Schwabischer Beobachter' was a German language newspaper printed in Petrovgrad, Serbia from 1934 and throughout the war. I can find no trace of it today.

During the 30's and 'til the end of the war, the population was nearly 30% German speaking, other ethnic groups being Hungarian and Serbian amongst a few others. Today there are non listed as German speaking. The Germans invaded the region in 1941 and systematically destroyed the synagogues and deported the Jews to the death camps.

Here's a linky thing to the city and area the paper covered.

Zrenjanin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't know how you got your hands on this Rene, but I have noticed that bound yearly copies of the 'Schwabischer Beobachter' crop up on Australian e-bay on a regular basis....Strange!

Hope this helps, Ned.

This Helps a lot Ned Thank you most kindly, This sign is an odd one then!

[NunoGTI]

A very cool piece.
I like it.
Cheers.
Nuno

[Horst]

- Great addition to the collection

Horst

[Scout]

Agreed. A fine and rare item.

[reneblacky]

pic re post

[slados28]

Great looking sign! Hope to have something like this one day myself, seems like good ones are somewhat far and few in between though...

[reneblacky]

Great looking sign! Hope to have something like this one day myself, seems like good ones are somewhat far and few in between though...

Cheers Mate

[Wilhelm Saris]

As far as known the "Schwäbischer Beobachter" may not have existed after July 1942. There is no evidence
for later publishing!

This newspaper was published in the south of Germany (part of Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria) at Memmingen from
the Dr. und Verl.-Genossenschaft "Allgäuer Beobachter", so in the south-west area (from this newspaper there is
a signboard in my book about enameled shields on page 413).
It was not printed as where big ned says: The 'Schwabischer Beobachter' was a German language newspaper
printed in Petrovgrad, Serbia from 1934 and throughout the war.

In this area (Schwaben) also existed and still do exist the "Schwäbisches Tageblatt" (at Tübingen and Reutlingen)
and the "Schwäbischer Zeitung" (Friedrichshafen - Ravensburg). I thought the area is also known as "Allgäu".