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‘Jugend um Hitler’
This 1934 Heinrich Hoffmann photo book titled Jugend um Hitler (Youth Around Hitler) is a 96 page piece of Nazi propaganda depicting Adolf Hitler as a kind-hearted, child loving father figure. The 120 photographs depict the close relationship of the Chancellor of Nazi Germany with children. Hitler is shown hugging kids, giving autographs, holding children’s hands, drying… read more
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Hitler in the News
This photo collection contains pictures of Adolf Hitler eagerly devouring daily news reports along his unchallenged ascent to power. Whether tuning into a radio broadcast, waiting anxiously by the telephone, or grabbing the morning newspaper, it seems all news was good news for Hitler. After all, by 9 March 1933, he had officially banned the… read more
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Hitler & Mussolini
There have been many special friendships and (in)famous duos throughout the course of history, Lewis and Clark, Bonnie and Clyde, Lloyd and Harry, etc. So in honor of ‘National Best Friends Day’ let’s take a look at Hitler hanging out with his one and only migliore amico, Il Duce. Okay, so maybe this dubious dictator… read more
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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
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 