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Hitler at the Berlin Motor Show
On 11 February 1933, Adolf Hitler officially opened the 23rd annual International Motor Show (IAA) in Berlin. Having become chancellor only 12 days prior, he decided to use one of his first major public speeches after coming to power to promote the German automobile industry. Hitler announced massive tax benefits to car owners, declared his… read more
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Hitler at the Winter Olympics ⛷️
It was 88 years ago today, on 6 February 1936 that the fourth edition of the Winter Olympic Games returned to the Alps, this time in the Bavarian city of Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Held in the shadow of the Zugspitz, the highest peak in the German Alps, 755 athletes from 28 countries competed in 17 competitions. Joseph… read more
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Hitler’s Victory in Lippe
“Everything now depends on Lippe.” -Joseph Goebbels, Reich Propaganda Director of the NSDAP, diary entry on 13 January 1933. The former state of Lippe, a region of North Rhine-Westphalia, was the focus of an intense election campaign that occurred in early January of 1933. By the time Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists had come… read more
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Hitler and Göring
Hermann Wilhelm Göring was born 131 years ago today on 12 January 1893 in Rosenheim Germany. Göring joined the NSDAP in October 1922, shortly after hearing a speech given by Adolf Hitler in Munich. Following the establishment of the Nazi state, Göring amassed power and political capital to become the second most powerful man in… read more
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Christmas with Hitler 🎄
Adolf Hitler hosted his first formal Christmas party with the NSDAP at the Bürgerbräukeller in December of 1921, with 4000 of his early supporters gathered in attendance to celebrate together and to hear his speech. As the crowd assembled around the Christmas tree, they sang Christmas carols and nationalist hymns, exchanged gifts and made charitable… read more
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Hitler On Board 🚢
Recently I came to realize that there has been a most glaring void here on my website. Having already thoroughly covered Adolf Hitler’s extensive journeys and exponential travels across Europe on Planes, Trains and Automobiles… somehow I totally skipped ships!!! So here it is! It’s certainly well past time we see Hitler at sea –… 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 