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Nazi women's magazines feature knitting patterns and British blame for WWII

Nazi women's magazines featuring knitting patterns, fashion advice and propaganda blaming the British for World War Two are to be auctioned.

The unusual collection of Frauen Warte – literally translated as Women Wait – have much in common with today's glossy magazines.

Celebrities featured include leading Nazi Hermann Goering, who is pictured cuddling his daughter Edda, and stories on home economics and fashion news share space with those about Britain's culpability in the devastating conflict.

The Frauen Warte was the Nazi Party's biweekly illustrated magazine for women and ran from 1935 to 1945, with a circulation of nearly two million at its peak.
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)