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Pamphlet

Object | Accession Number: 1990.167.55

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    Overview

    Brief Narrative
    Nazi propaganda booklet Given to Susan Meisner from co-worker, Maryland. See donor file for more info.
    Title
    "Der Fürhrer 1935 macht Geschichte"
    Date
    publication:  1935-1940
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Susan Meisner
    Contributor
    Photographer: Heinrich Hoffmann
    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

    Object Type
    Pamphlets (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Miniture; cover image of Adolf Hitler giving a speech; in background "DIE SAAR IST FREI." Containing photographs by Heinrich Hoffmann and text about the Nazis.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 1.890 inches (4.801 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm) | Depth: 0.120 inches (0.305 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, ink, metal, cloth

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The pamphlet was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Susan Meisner.
    Record last modified:
    2022-07-28 17:43:44
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