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 *** 📸

  • ‘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

  • Hitler as Chancellor

    Hitler as Chancellor

    Exactly at noon on 30 January 1933 Adolf Hitler was sworn in as Reichskanzler of Germany by President Paul von Hindenberg. This moment marked the beginning of the end of the only 14 year old Weimar Republic. The groundwork for his dictatorship was laid with his arson attack on the Reichstag the following month. Hitler’s… read more

  • Hitler and Cars 🚘

    Hitler and Cars 🚘

    Adolf Hitler loved cars (specifically Mercedes-Benz vehicles) and always preferred to ride in the front seat instead of in the back when he was being chauffeured around. One of his favorite pastimes was having his drivers race up and down the winding and narrow roads of rural Germany at very high speeds. Heinrich Hoffmann took… read more

  • Hitler in SA Brown Shirt

    Hitler in SA Brown Shirt

    This is a HUGE series of Adolf Hitler portraits, all taken in Heinrich Hoffmann’s studio in the early part of 1928. As seen in the Hitler in Lederhosen series, Hoffmann often photographed Hitler in various outfits during the late 1920’s in order to help him to decide what would make himself look most appealing to… read more

  • Hitler in Black Suit Set #1

    Hitler in Black Suit Set #1

    These photographs are all from one photo session that took place in early 1925 inside Adolf Hitler’s apartment at Thierschstraße 41 in Munich. A couple of these also include Hitler’s German Shepherd Prinz. It was easy to put these together as a complete set by noticing the tiny bit of white handkerchief peaking out of… read more

  • Hitler in Trench Coat

    Hitler in Trench Coat

    This first group of portraits of Adolf Hitler range from late 1923, around the time of the Beer Hall Putsch, to just after he had served 264 days of his five-year sentence in Landsberg Prison from 1 April to 20 December 1924. Upon his release Hitler swiftly reorganized and re-founded the Nazi Party on 27… read more