Youth and Hitler, a Hoffmann picture book

Heinrich Hoffmann (October 12, 1885 in Fürth - December 11, 1957 in Munich) was a German photographer, who is best known for his numerous pictures of Adolf Hitler. He joined the NSDAP in 1920 and was chosen personally by its new leader Hitler as his official photographer. Hoffmann became a constant companion and close friend of Hitler's, and by 1945 had taken over 2.23 million photographs of the Führer^{[citation needed]}. His photographs were published as postage stamps, postcards, posters, and picture books. It was at Hoffmann's suggestion that royalties were received from all uses of Hitler's image, even on stamps, which made both himself and Hitler very rich, although Hitler was already wealthy on royalties from Mein Kampf.^{[citation needed]} Image File history File links Download high resolution version (594x806, 102 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (594x806, 102 KB) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 12 is the 285th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (286th in leap years). ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... South part of the city, seen from the Alte Veste (Zirndorf), 2004 The city of Fürth is located in northern Bavaria, Germany in the district of Middle Franconia. ... December 11 is the 345th day (346th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... Hitler redirects here. ... The Nazi swastika The National Socialist German Workers Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei), better known as the NSDAP or the Nazi Party was a political party that was led to power in Germany by Adolf Hitler in 1933. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... (Fuehrer in English when umlauts are not used) is a proper noun meaning leader or guide in the German language. ... A royalty is a sum paid to the creator of performance art for the use of that art. ... Cover of Mein Kampf (First Edition) Mein Kampf (English translation: My Struggle, My Battle or My Fight) is the signature work of Adolf Hitler, combining elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitlers political ideology of Nazism. ...

Hoffmann married Maria Theresia Baumann, they had a son, Heinrich ("Heini"), and a daughter, Henriette ("Henny"). Henriette became the wife of Reichsjugendführer Baldur von Schirach in 1932. Theresia Hoffmann died in 1928. Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (May 9, 1907 – August 8, 1974) was a Nazi youth leader later convicted of being a war criminal. ...

During the Third Reich Hoffmann wrote many books on Hitler such as The Hitler Nobody Knows (1933) and Jugend um Hitler (1934). In 1938 Hoffmann wrote three books, Hitler in Italy, Hitler befreit Sudetenland, and Hitler in seiner Heimat. His last book, Das Antlitz des Führers, was written shortly before the outbreak of the Second World War. Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is becoming very long. ...

On a personal note Hoffmann, and his second wife Erna, introduced Hitler to his Munich studio assistant Eva Braun, who would become Hitler's mistress and ultimately his wife on April 29, 1945 and partner in suicide the following day. In addition, Baldur von Schirach, the Reichsjugendführer (National Youth Leader), who provided introductions to many of the picture books, wed Hoffmann's daughter Henriette. Munich: Frauenkirche and Town Hall steeple Munich (German: München, (pronounced listen) is the capital of the German Federal State of Bavaria (German: Freistaat Bayern). ... Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler. ... April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Baldur von Schirach Baldur Benedikt von Schirach (May 9, 1907 – August 8, 1974) was a Nazi youth leader later convicted of being a war criminal. ... Insignia for Reichsjugendführer as worn by Arthur Axmann Reichsjugendführer was the highest paramilitary rank of the Hitler Youth. ...

At the end of the war Hoffmann was tried and sentenced to four years for Nazi profiteering, which he served. After being released from prison in 1950, he settled again in Munich where he died 7 years later at age 72. The act of price gouging in an undersupplied market. ...