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otto zaugg:
arbeitsdienst in 13 staaten

orell füssli verlag, zürich/leipzig, 1937
printer: art. institut orell füssli, zürich
size: 23 x 16 cm
designer: richard paul lohse (cover)

this is a report of a an internationalconference on the "arbeitsdienst", a voluntary labour service movement. this 1937 conference was held in seelisberg, switzerland.

the uncredited photographic cover was designed by richard paul lohse (1902-1988), as the catalogue of his graphic designs (isbn 9783775707671, p. 262) notes.

the forward was written by otto zaugg (1906-1998), director of zefad, the swiss arbeitdienst organisation.

the voluntary labour service movement focussed on the problem of unemployed youth in the 1930s. included are reports from 13 countries – bulgaria, germany, england, holland, japan, austria, poland, romania, sweden, switzerland, czechoslovakia, hungary, and the u.s.a. the ideology expressed in the reports varies accordingly – e.g. the german report stresses the "national socialist education of the german youth"...