Third Reich Police Periodical “Kriminalistik” – Group of 17 Original Issues (1940–1943)

Original group of 17 issues of Kriminalistik (“Practical Criminology”), the most important professional police journal published in Nazi Germany. Issued monthly, Kriminalistik functioned as the official journal of the Reichskriminalpolizeiamt (State Criminal Police Office) and was published under the authority of the Chief of the Sicherheitspolizei, SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.

The magazine was intended for criminal police professionals and covered subjects such as forensic science, investigative methods, criminal psychology, case studies, and police administration, making it a key reference source for understanding the structure and practices of German criminal policing during the period.

Included issues (all different):

• Issue 2 – February 1940

• Issue 3 – March 1940

• Issue 4 – April 1940

• Issue 5 – May 1940

• Issue 6 – June 1940

• Issue 7 – July 1940

• Issue 8 – August 1940

• Issue 2 – February 1941

• Issue 3 – March 1941

• Issue 5 – May 1941

• Issue 6 – June 1941 (front denazified)

• Issue 8 – August 1941

• Issue 10 – January 1941

• Issue 12 – December 1941

• Issue 1 – January 1942

• Issue 2 – February 1942

• Issue 10 – October 1942

• Issue 1 – January 1943

Condition:
Original wartime publications. Overall condition is good to very good for age, with expected handling wear, light toning, and minor edge wear. One issue (June 1941) shows postwar denazification to the front cover. All issues remain intact and readable.

Notes:

• All issues are original period publications

• Significant reference material for collectors, researchers, and institutions

• Increasingly scarce as complete or partial runs

A solid and historically important group, well-suited for advanced collectors of Third Reich police material, criminology history, or institutional publications of the period.