2-702-124 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Starkenburg glider, 1932. Plane built by the Akademische Fliegerguppe (Akaflieg) in Darmstadt, Germany. Successfully flew over Berlin in 1931, using thermal air currents. From "Die Eroberung Der Luft", (The Conquest of the Air), cigarette card album produced by the Garbáty cigarette factory, 1932. Eugene and Moritz Garbáty, who were Jewish, were driven out of business by the Nazis in the late 1930s, and forced to sell their factory which lay empty for over 70 years. [Garbaty Cigarettenfabrik, Berlin-Pankow, 1932]