Heinrich Hoffmann Photo Gallery

Heinrich Hoffmann (1885 – 1957) served as Adolf Hitler’s official photographer from when Hitler took control of the Nazi party in 1921 until his death in 1945. Hoffmann estimates he took over half a million photographs of Hitler over the course of his career. His portraits were the most significant source of Nazi propaganda materials published over the course of close to 25 years, everything from postcards, posters, magazines, postage stamps and picture books. Click on each theme below to see a complete photo album devoted to that particular event or topic.

Munich

My visit to Munich from September 2-5, 2025, aka “The Adi Tour” plus a few other highlights!

Arrival and Dinner

Hanging out on the Karlsplatz and a visit to St. Michael’s Church, and of course I had a Doner Kabob for dinner 😋

Third Reich Tour

September 3, 2025: I took the all day Third Reich walking tour of Dachau and Munich. Morning was an in depth tour of Dachau and after lunch was significant sites around Munich related to Hitler and the early days of National Socialism.

Hitler’s favorite cafe
Cafe Heck
Adi’s watercolor site
Swastikas on ceiling
Adi’s speech hall

On My Own Tour

The Third Reich walking tour ended at the Marienplatz, so I added the Sterneckerbrau at Tal 38 and Adi’s 1920’s apartment on Thierienstrasse since those weren’t included on the organized tour.

Heilig Geist Kirche

Sterneckerbrau at Tal 38
Hitler lived at Thierschstraße 41 from May 1920 to October 1929 
Thierschstraße 41
Hitler delivered his first major public speech here at the Hofbräukeller
 on 16 October 1919.
Thierschstraße 41 lacked a bathroom, so Hitler used this public bath, the Müllersches Volksbad, from 1920-1929
Eagle on the Deutsches Museum

My Adi and Hoffmann Tour

On September 4th, I did my very own tour I had mapped out that included Adi’s first Munich apartment on Schleissheimerstrasse from 1913-1914, his favorite restaurant the Osteria Bavaria, and also Hoffmann’s studio and shop, and then on to the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek where Hoffmann’s vast photo collection is held.

Löwenbräukeller
Hitler gave several speeches here
Schleißheimer Straße 34
After leaving Vienna, Hitler lived in this house from 25 May 1913 to mid-February 1914.
Osteria Bavaria
Hitler’s favorite restaurant
Hoffmann’s studio
Eagle above Hoffmann’s studio
Site of Hoffmann’s shop
Bavarian State Library

White Rose Exhibit

The Sophie Scholl exhibit was located very close to the library, at Ludwig-Maximillian University, I then took a walk through the nearby Englisher Garten, one of Hitler’s favorite haunts.

Nice views at the Englisher Garten 👀

House of German Art

Hitler’s art museum – which remains relatively unchanged from when it was first constructed and opened in 1937.

Back of the museum
Steps to terrace
Swastika pattern on the ceiling
Eisbachwelle

Walk to Hitler’s House

Sites along the way while walking from the House of German Art to Hitler’s apartment on Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Bogenhausen. I’d imagine this is a walk that he took quite frequently, it took about 30 minutes and crosses over the Isar river.

Bavarian National Museum
Hitler lived at Prinzregentenplatz 16 in Bogenhausen from October 1929 to April 1945
Geli Raubal committed suicide on the 3rd floor here
It’s now a police station
Stairs up to Hitler’s apartment

Walk to Königsplatz

I took a walk past the Führerbau and visited the extensive exhibits at NS-Dokumentationzcentrum.

Ehrentempel ruins
Kunstlerhaus

Beer Hall Putsch site

My last Day in Munich, September 5th, included a visit to the site of the old Burgerbraukeller where the Beer Hall Putsch started, and a visit to the Residenz and the Asamkirche before catching a train to Salzburg.

Plaque that marks the site of the assassination attempt on Hitler on 9 November 1939
Sendlinger Tor
Brief glimpse of the Chiemsee
Last train stop in Bavaria

Nuremberg coming soon….