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.

📸 *** Index of Photo Albums *** 📸

  • Hitler’s 50th Birthday 🎂

    Hitler’s 50th Birthday 🎂

    Adolf Hitler’s 50th birthday on April 20, 1939 was his first one to be celebrated after the government of Nazi Germany declared that the Führer’s birthday was to become an official national holiday. Festivities took place in all municipalities throughout the country just as they had since 1933 and would continue until 1945. The events read more

  • Hitler on Holiday

    Hitler on Holiday

    The area around Berchtesgaden and the Obersalzberg on the Austrian border was by far Adolf Hitler’s favorite travel destination. So much so that this is where he constructed a third home outside of his Munich and Berlin residences and created a second outpost of the Reich Chancellery. He had first vacationed in the area beginning read more

  • Hitler in His Study

    Hitler in His Study

    The photos below are from two different portrait sessions that took place in Adolf Hitler’s study at his mountain retreat the Berghof, located on a the 3,200-foot high mountain ridge northeast of Berchtesgaden. The first set was taken on 18 August 1936, very shortly after construction was completed to the expansion of Haus Wachenfeld, when read more

  • Hoffmann & Nazi Propaganda

    Hoffmann & Nazi Propaganda

    Exactly 103 years ago today on 6 April 1920 Heinrich Hoffmann joined the Nazi Party.  When Adolf Hitler took control of the Party in 1921, Hoffmann became his official photographer and Hitler decreed that only Hoffmann would be allowed to take photographs of him. His photographs documented the next quarter century of Hitler’s career showing read more

  • Hitler in White Uniform Set #1

    Hitler in White Uniform Set #1

    This was Heinrich Hoffmann’s last formal portrait session with Adolf Hitler that occurred on the 20th of July in 1939. Hitler would invade Poland less than six weeks after this series of portraits was taken, plunging the world into the Second World War. These photos were therefore never officially published, and the white uniform was read more

  • ‘The Hitler Nobody Knows’

    ‘The Hitler Nobody Knows’

    This was Heinrich Hoffmann’s first best-selling photo book on Adolf Hitler. The first edition of Hitler wie ihn keiner kennt (The Hitler Nobody Knows) was published in early March of 1932. By the year 1940, 420,000 copies had been printed and circulated all around the world. The book was to become one of numerous picture books on read more