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Hitler and Winterhilfswerk
Adolf Hitler ordered the establishment of the Winterhilfswerk (WHW) relief program in 1933 and personally opened the first drive that September, giving out the directive that “no one shall be hungry, no one shall freeze”. The initial donation drive of winter 1933/1934 took place against a backdrop of acute distress in large parts of the read more
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Hitler at Siemens 🏭
“I’m not interested in the intellectual, I’m interested in the German people….” On 10 November 1933, Adolf Hitler delivered a speech at the Siemens Dynamo factory in Berlin at the Siemensstadt locality. Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda, delivered an opening address before he introduced Hitler’s speech that extolled the virtues of German workers that read more
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Hitler in Brunswick
On 18 October 1931, exactly one week after the conclusion of the Harzburg Front conference, Hitler staged his own rally in Braunschweig (Brunswick). Thirty-eight special trains and over five-thousand trucks brought a total of 104,000 Sturmabteilung (SA) and Schutzstaffel (SS) men from all over Germany. They participated in a massive six-hour march-past in review before read more
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Hitler in Bad Harzburg
It was 93 years ago today that the political and economic giants of the German nationalist and National Socialist camps of the Weimar Republic met in Bad Harzburg on 11 October 1931. This congressional gathering of radical right-wing conservatives came to be known as the “Harzburg Front” – a very short-lived anti-democratic political alliance in read more
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Hitler and Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was born 124 years ago today, on 7 October 1900 in Munich. Himmler served as the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), and became one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany. He is primarily known for being one of the main architects behind the Holocaust. Himmler joined the read more
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Hitler in Trench Coat Set #2
Here it is!!! Yet another HUGE album of photographs to enjoy of Hitler wearing a trench coat (in addition to the Set #1 album). This collection of pictures is a particularly humongous one because, if you really think about it, how often was Hitler NOT in a trench coat? Hitler’s trench coats are as iconic 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 