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Hitler’s Art Museum
The Führer’s “Haus der Deutschen Kunst” (House of German Art) in Munich was intended to showcase what Adolf Hitler regarded as the best and finest of German art. The inaugural exhibition was titled the “Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung” (Great German Art Exhibition), and was intended by the Nazis to demonstrate what is “proper art” in contrast read more
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Hitler at the Brown House
The Braunes Haus (Brown House) was the name given to the Munich mansion located between the Karolinenplatz and Königsplatz, which was purchased in 1930 and converted into the headquarters of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party. Its namesake was the result of the brown color of the early Nazi Party uniforms. Many leading Nazis, including read more
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Hitler in a Cape
As if the hyper-masculine, alpha male energy dripping off this man wasn’t already intense enough, Hitler starts throwing on a cape in the late 1930’s. As the ultimate symbol of strength, power and authority, this addition to his uniform wardrobe catapults him into a whole new realm of almost mythical immortality. It also helps that read more
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Hitler’s Beer Hall Days
The cavernous and cramped beer halls of Bavaria were an integral part of Hitler’s life and early career. During the formative years of the Nazi Party the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich was one of the main gathering places of the NSDAP. It was there on 8 November 1923 that Adolf Hitler launched the Beer Hall Putsch and read more
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Hitler’s Thanksgiving Festival
The Erntedankfest (Harvest Thanksgiving Festival) is a traditional holiday held at the time of the autumn harvest to celebrate the importance of and to give recognition to the achievements of German farmers. In 1933 Adolf Hitler decreed that the Erntedankfest should be celebrated annually on the first Sunday of October. The Reichserntedankfest (Reich Harvest Thanksgiving read more
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Hitler in Uniform
This is a collection of especially striking photographs of Adolf Hitler wearing his uniform. Most of these are from the large abundance of propaganda postcards that were published in the mid to late 1930’s. As top dog of the Third Reich, donning a military uniform firmly reinforced his role as commander in chief of all read more
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.
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Heinrich Hoffmann Photo Gallery 