Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.
- Title
- Des Führers Kampf im Osten 5
- Alternate Title
- The Leader's Struggle in the East 5
- Date
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publication/distribution:
1941
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Meisner
- Contributor
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Author:
Heinrich Hoffmann
Publisher: Winter-Hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes
- Biography
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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
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Books and Published Materials
- Category
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Books and pamphlets
- Object Type
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Miniature books (lcsh)
- Genre/Form
- Miniature books--Specimens.
- Physical Description
- Miniture; cover image of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with children. containing photographs by Heinrich Hoffmann and text about the Nazis.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, metal
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- World War, 1939-1945--Germany--Pictorial works.
- Personal Name
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945--Pictorial works.
- Corporate Name
- Nazi Party
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The pamphlet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Susan Meisner.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-06-01 07:12:25
- This page:
- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn2815
Also in Susan Meisner collection
Collection consists of photographs, publications and a first aid kit box.
First aid kit box
Object
Susan Meisner photographs
Document
Contains dozens of uncaptioned snapshot photographs, including some of an unidentified concentration camp after liberation, some of German soldiers and friends during war, and some which may be of camps while they were in operation. Also contains five "mini-books" titled "Der Führer macht Geschichte" (1935), "Der Führer macht Geschichte" (1938), "Des Führers Kampf im Osten," "Des Führers Kampf zur See," and "Der Führer und die Bewegung."
Pamphlet
Object
Nazi propaganda booklet Given to Susan Meisner from co-worker, Maryland. See donor file for more info.
Pamphlet
Object
Nazi propaganda booklet Given to Susan Meisner from co-worker, Maryland. See donor file for more info.