Heinrich Hoffmann Photo Gallery

‘How Austria experienced its Liberation’ is a cigarette card photo album book published in 1940. Heinrich Hoffmann took most of the 250 photos contained in the album. Unlike similar albums, this one was much more political, putting the Nazi Party’s spin on the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria). Ostmark was the official name of Austria as part read more

They say a picture is worth a thousand words… well be prepared to be at a total loss for words because these fine photographs will leave you speechless! Here are 30+ photos of Adolf Hitler in a Fedora, enough said. read more

This second group of photographs of Adolf Hitler wearing black or dark colored suits are taken from across many different portrait sessions that occurred from the middle to late 1930’s. Several of these were taken expressly for official use as state portraits to be hung in government and office buildings, while others to mark the read more

The following photographs were taken across several different portrait sessions from the early 1930’s. Many are from February 1933 just after Adolf Hitler’s appointment as chancellor, but it would be a great injustice to cram all of these into the ‘Hitler as Chancellor’ album. There are just so many amazing photos to savor from this read more

Adolf Hitler was really rockin’ these tweed knickerbockers in the mid-1930’s. After all this was the perfect garment for engaging in the strenuous sport and activity of the Bavarian mountains. Even better, by this time in the early 20th century, knickerbockers were no longer just worn as sportswear, as the style had became quite fashionable as read more

Arguably Adolf Hitler’s greatest passion and pastime outside of his quest for world domination was his obsession with architecture and urban design. So much so that he not only had grandiose plans for a total revision of Berlin but also had extensive plans for the redesign of just about every major city in Germany. Below read more