Liederbuch der N.S. Frauenschaft - Third Reich Songbook

A hardbound songbook titled "Liederbuch der N.S. Frauenschaft, " compiled and arranged by Robert Kothe, containing two- and three-voice vocal arrangements with lute and violin settings. The title page states it was issued on behalf of the NSDAP Reichsleitung, Hauptamt NS-Frauenschaft, published by Heinrichshofens Verlag, Magdeburg, a firm noted as founded in 1797. The cover bears a stylised triangular NS-Frauenschaft emblem beneath the gothic-lettered title.

The NS-Frauenschaft was the women's organization of the NSDAP, and songbooks such as this were produced for use at organizational meetings and gatherings, reflecting the cultural and propaganda apparatus directed at female members of the party.

The NS-Frauenschaft, founded in 1931, served as the National Socialist party's official women's organisation, coordinating female members' activities in domestic training, welfare work, and ideological education under the broader NSDAP structure. Communal singing played a significant role in Nazi organisational culture, reinforcing group identity and ideological messaging at meetings, rallies, and training courses. Songbooks like this one, issued under the authority of the party's Reichsleitung, were part of the wider effort to standardise cultural and social activity across affiliated organisations in line with National Socialist aims.