The following are scans (PDF) of magazines published around 1939/1940, and provide what to me is an amazing cultural insight. Yes, the organisations were tied in with the Third Reich, and certain aspects of these books - especially the focus on autarky (and potatoes!) were the result of political influence. If you are interested in a scholarly work on this topic, I would refer you to Life and Times in Nazi Germany - Bloomsbury 2016 - Lisa Pine (ed)