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Hitler’s Reich Youth Day
Over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd of October 1932, the 1st annual Hitler Youth rally was held in Potsdam, where an estimated 30,000 boys and girls gathered to hear Adolf Hitler speak. The rally was a significant event for the Nazi Party, occurring shortly after it had become the largest party in the… read more
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Hitler in Breslau
The city of Breslau, now known as Wrocław, was the site of the 1938 Deutsches Turn- und Sportfest (German Gymnastic and Athletic Festival). Adolf Hitler attended the festival on the final day of the week long event on 31 July 1938. The festival also coincided with the 125th anniversary of the German Wars of Liberation… read more
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Hitler in Leipzig
On 16 July 1933, the Sachsentreffen Gauparteitag took place in Leipzig. Hitler delivered two speeches at what was known as the “Saxon Meeting,” the Gau Party Congress of Saxony held in Leipzig. At the imposing Völkerschlachtdenkmal monument, constructed to commemorate the Battle of the Nations of 1813, Hitler announced to 140,000 men of the SA,… read more
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Hitler in Stettin
On 12 June 1938, Adolf Hitler attended the Pomeranian Nazi Party Congress in the then-German city of Stettin, the capital city of Pomerania and a major stronghold of the Nazi movement. Now known as Szczecin, the city is a major seaport and the largest city in northwest Poland today. Hitler addressed the masses and observed a massive… read more
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Hitler in Oldenburg
On 10 May 1931, Adolf Hitler presented a sweeping campaign speech exactly one week before the local 17 May Reichstag elections were scheduled to be held in the Oldenburg province. The NSDAP held a special “Hitler Day” and a “Hitler Parade” in Oldenburg. Over 5,000 SA men marched in front of Hitler’s speaking platform set… read more
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Führer, wir Danken Dir! 💐
Adolf Hitler’s birthday was one of the most important holidays celebrated in National Socialist Germany from 1933-1945. Each year Hitler was showered with gifts and well-wishes by the German people, and these annual events have already been thoroughly covered in two of my other albums: one specifically dedicated to Hitler’s 50th Birthday and the other… 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.
📸 *** Index of Photo Albums *** 📸
Heinrich Hoffmann Photo Gallery 