1940 famous Germany singer and actress Zarah Leander Heavy artillery on trains
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Muenchner Illustrierte Presse,German illustrated magazinePrinted in Munich, GermanyApril 4th, 1940, No 1424 pages, size 11 x 14,0 inches ( 27,5 x 35,5 cm),complete, with slight defectsCover photo - famous Nazi Germany singer and actress Zarah LeanderText under the photo - Zarah Leander in a role of Maria StuartContent- German army heavy artillery on trains ( with 5 photos )- British marines ( with 5 photos )Zarah Leander (15 March 1907 - 23 June 1981) was a Swedish singer and actress whose greatest success was in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s Leander began her career in the late 1920s, and by the mid-1930s her success in Europe, particularly in Germany and the Scandinavian countries, led to invitations to work in the United States. She was reluctant to relocate her children, and opted to remain in Europe. From 1936, she was contracted to work for the German Universum Film AG (UFA) while continuing to record songs. Leander later noted that while her films were successful, her work as a recording artist was more profitable. Involvement with the Nazi propaganda machine did not prevent her from recording in 1938 the Yiddish song Bei Mir Bistu Shein. As a result of her controversial choice to work for the state-owned UFA when it necessarily was subordinate to the Third Reich, her films and lyrics were viewed by some as propaganda
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