'das Leben im Bild'
a Small Newsmagazine
'Das Leben im Bild' (Life Illustrated), was a small, free supplement that was included with issues of regional German newspaper, the 'Westsalischen Merkur' and the 'Neue Hamburger Zeitung'. Up till 1917, two copies were published a week, afterwards only one copy, while by 1918 the issues were smaller in size, contained less images and were generally poorer in appearance all round.
Nevertheless in the early days of the war, the magazine was nicely formatted with a large selection of news agency photos of the more sedate type. 'Das leben im Bild' might purport to show life as it is during the Great War, but it had little intention of upsetting its readers by printing scenes of death and destruction. Instead, like so many other German war-time publications, it preferred to use more or less cheery photos of German soldiers making the best of things, engaged in (re-) construction work or passing the time agreeably.
