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Unser Führer
Hitler loved to celebrate his birthday with the German people. On many occasions he gave speeches on his birthday, often because he was out on the campaign trail. In 1933, on his 44th birthday, he invited the public to come and visit him at his home on the Obersalzberg. There are many photographs taken from… read more
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Hitler and Geli
Hitler’s niece Geli Raubal accompanied her mother Angela, Hitler’s half-sister, when she became Hitler’s housekeeper in his new home on the Obersalzburg in March of 1927. Geli spent the next four and a half years in very close contact with her half-uncle. She later moved into Hitler’s Munich apartment in October 1929 when she enrolled… read more
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Hitler in Kelheim
On 22 October 1933, the “German Day in Kelheim” (officially titled as the “Liberation Celebration” ) was celebrated. The newly crowned Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler came to Kelheim for this very special occasion. Twenty years after Kaiser Wilhelm II and the German princes had celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Leipzig at the Befreiungshalle, Adolf Hitler arrived at… read more
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Hitler in Weimar
The “Congress of the Thuringian NSDAP” took place 95 years ago on 12 October 1930, in Weimar, where the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP) already had considerable influence in Thuringia, having formed a coalition with other right-wing parties and providing the state’s Minister-President. The event, which was promoted by the NSDAP as the “Defiance… read more
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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
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 *** 📸
