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 3
- Alternate Title
- The Leader's Struggle in the East 3
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Carolyn Buser
- 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.
- 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
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use
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 book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Carolyn Buser, the daughter of Jerome S. Buser.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-08-30 12:14:07
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Miniature "button book" issued for charitable contributions by the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz
Object
Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das deutsche rote Kreuz. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.
Miniature "button book" issued for charitable contributions by the Winter-hilfswerk des Deutschen Volkes
Object
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.
Miniature "button book" issued for charitable contributions by the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz
Object
Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.
Miniature "button book" issued for charitable contributions by the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche rote Kreuz
Object
Miniature "button book" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das deutsche rote Kreuz. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.