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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
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‘Wie die Ostmark ihre Befreiung erlebte’
‘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
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Hitler in a Fedora
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
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Hitler in Dark Suit – Set #2
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
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 