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 in Frankreich : Frankreich, der grösste Feldzug aller Zeiten vom 5. bis 25. Juni 1940
- Alternate Title
- The Führer's Battle in France: France the Greatest Campaign of all Times from June 5 to 25, 1940
- Series Title
- Zweites Kriegshilfswerk fur das Deutsche Rote Kreuz
- Date
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publication:
approximately 1941
- Geography
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publication:
Berlin (Germany)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Zelda Coren
- Contributor
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Author:
Heinrich Hoffmann
Publisher: Presse-Hoffmann
Issuer: 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
- 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.
- Physical Description
- 36 page miniature propaganda booklet with photographs by Heinrich Hoffmann and descriptions of the images.
- Dimensions
- overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.500 inches (3.81 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink, metal
- Inscription
- in English, inside cover: "German propaganda for the people."
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Personal Name
- Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The miniature book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1992 by Zelda Coren.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-09-01 11:11:39
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn6886
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Also in Coren family collection
The collection consists of U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs of American soldiers at the Dachau concentration camp soon after the liberation of the camp and a miniaturel Nazi propaganda book entitled "Des Fuehrers Kampf in Frankreich."
Date: approximately 1941-1945
Coren family photograph collection
Document
The Coren family photograph collectton consists of the U.S. Army Signal Corps photographs of American soldiers at the Dachau concentration camps soon after the liberation of the camp.