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Cigarette card photo of Hitler greeting a young girl and her grandfather

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    Cigarette card photo of Hitler greeting a young girl and her grandfather

    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Cigarette card, Hier, mein Fuhrer, ist mein Enkelkind, from series 15, ADOLF HITLER - Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers [Adolf Hitler - Pictures of the Life of the Führer), card 57, from group 64, sereis 15, about 1936. The card features a black and white photograph of an older man presenting his young granddaughter to Adolf Hitler. Cigarette cards were a popular collectible item in Germany beginning about 1920. Large albums with text, but no pictures, were published for each series and the cards were collected to be added as illustrations. The album for this series has text and photo captions that tell the story of Hitler's life from birth in 1899, to his 1933 appointment as Chancellor, and then Fuhrer of Germany.
    Title
    Hier, mein Führer, ist mein Enkelkind: Picture Number 57
    Alternate Title
    Here, my Leader, is my Grandchild
    Series Title
    ADOLF HITLER - Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers
    Date
    publication/distribution:  approximately 1936
    Geography
    publication: Germany
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Martin Shallow III
    Markings
    back, near upper edge, black text : Sammelwerk Nr. 15 / Adolf Hitler / Bild Nr. 57 Gruppe 64 / ,, Hier, mein Führer, ist mein Enkelkind ‘‘ [Compilation Number 15 / Adolf Hitler / Picture Number 57 Group 64 / “Here, my Leader, is my Grandchild”]
    back, center, black text : Zu diesem Werk gehören die 6 Bilder- / gruppen 62 - 67. Die Auswahl und künst- / lerische Bearbeitung der Bilder über- / nahm der Reichs-Bildberichterstatter der / NSDAP, Heinrich Hoffmann ; Entwurf / für Einband und Citel sind von D. H. W. / Hadank, Berlin, die graphische Gestaltung / von Carl Ernst Poeschel, Leipzig. Dächste / Mitarbeiter und älteste Kampfgenossen / des Führers sprechen in diesem Buch zur / Öffentlichkeit und schildern den Menschen / Adolf Hitler in seinem klaren Fühlen und / Denken, durch das er sich die Achtung / der Welt und die unerschüpfliche Liebe des / duetschen Volkes erworben hat. [This work includes the 6 groups of images 62-67. The selection and artistic processing of images are taken over by the Reich press photographer of the NSDAP, Heinrich Hoffmann; Design for cover and Citel are of DHW Hadank, Berlin, the graphic design of Carl Ernst Poeschel, Leipzig. Dächste employees and oldest comrades of the Fuhrer speak in this book to the public and tell the people Adolf Hitler in his clear thoughts and feelings, through which he has earned the respect of the world and the love of the German people.]
    back, near lower edge, black text : Die bis jekt von uns herausgegebenen Sammelwerke / sind aus der Rückseite unserer Bilderschecks ausgezählt. / Weitere Werke sind in Vorbereitung.
    Contributor
    Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann
    Publisher: Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Gm.b.H.
    Biography
    Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957) was a German photographer and Nazi propagandist. The son and nephew of photographers, he worked in the Hoppé studio in London before setting up in Munich as a portraitist and photojournalist. His photograph of cheering crowds on 2 August 1914 unwittingly captured the young Adolf Hitler, an event which would later benefit Hoffmann's career. Drifting to the far right after the First World War and revolutionary events in Bavaria, he joined the Nazi Party in 1920 and convinced an initially camera-shy Hitler of photography's political value. Hoffman’s assistant, Eva Braun, became Hitler’s mistress in 1930. After 1933, his virtual monopoly of Hitler photographs, as ‘the man who sees the Führer for us’, made him one of the Third Reich's major profiteers. His scenes of carefully constructed intimacy, presenting his master, especially in the regime's early years, as a clean-living, nature-loving man of the people, were massively disseminated. After 1945, though claiming to have been a mere chronicler of events, he was fined and imprisoned. His extensive photo archive survives, including photographs of German political and religious figures, as well as actors, painters, and musicians.

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Classification
    Information Forms
    Category
    Cards
    Physical Description
    Small, rectangular paper card with a halftone photographic print with white borders treated to look like a glossy photograph. It depicts Adolf Hitler in a plain suit with a Reichsadler lapel pin, seated with his face turned right and his right arm extended to touch the chin of a young girl with long, blonde braids, wearing a checked shirt. An elderly man stands behind the girl with his hands on her shoulders, looking down at her and smiling. The head of a man in a Nazi uniform is in the upper left and there are leafy trees and a distant mountain in the background. The back of the card records the title, picture and group number, with a paragraph of German fraktur text.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 4.750 inches (12.065 cm) | Width: 3.250 inches (8.255 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Corporate Name
    Nazi Party

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The cigarette card was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2012 by Martin Shallow III.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
    Record last modified:
    2024-01-26 10:52:40
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