RUOFF Wilhelm (Hauptschriftleiter ) - EUROPÂISCHEN SCHRIFTSTELLER-VEREINIGUNG (publisher ) :
Reference : 58124
".: Berlin, Deutscher Verlag Berlin, format in-4°, (29,5 x 21 cm). Issues of ca. 32 pp. stapled with original illustrated covers.Issues as published. On offer are the first 27 consecutive issues. 1st year (1942 ) Issue 1-8 (May-December) ; 2nd year (1943) issue 1-12 ; 3rd year (1944) issue 1-7 (januar. - july). Some of the issues have the cover torn in the fold and partly loose, First issue with some pages with frayed margins (due to paper quality). In all still an acceptable set taking in account that during the war lower quality paper was used. Ex-library of the Royal Flemish Academy in Ghendt (Koninlijke Vlaamse Academie). With a small stamp on the front cover. Very long unbroken run of this interesting German literature periodical of the Nazi period.The E.S.V. was founded in 1941 during the Grossdeutscher Dichtertreffen in Weimar. Hans Carossa was the first president. Its secretary was Carl Rothe (1900-1970). Wilhelm Ruoff became editor-in-chief of their publication : Europäische Literatur . The publication contains literary contributions of European writers of France, Denmark, Rumania; Bulgaria;Flanders (Belgium) , Hungary, also at the end publicity leaves promoting books from e.g. The N.S.D.A.P. publishers. Rare, no copy listed in the O.C.L.C. catalogue."