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Hitler Was My Friend: The Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer

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Hitler Was My Friend: The Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer

Heinrich Hoffman was a key part in the making of the Hitler legend, the photographer who carefully crafted the image of the FÃ¼hrer as a godlike figure. Hoffmann published his first book of photographs in 1919, following his work as an official photographer for the German army. In 1920 he joined the Nazi Party, and his association with Hitler began.

He became Hitler's official photographer and traveled with him extensively. He took over two million photographs of Hitler, and they were distributed widely, including on postage stamps, an enterprise that proved very profitable for both men. Hoffmann published several books on Hitler in the 1930s, including The Hitler Nobody Knows (1933). Hoffmann and Hitler were very close, and he acted not only as a personal confidante - his memoirs include rare details of the FÃ¼hrer - but also as a matchmaker â€“ it is Hoffmann who introduced Eva Braun, his studio assistant, to Hitler.

At the end of the war, Hoffmann was arrested by the US military, who also seized his photographic archive, and was sentenced to imprisonment for Nazi profiteering.

This edition of a classic book includes photographs by Hoffmann and a new introduction by Roger Moorhouse.
Country USA
Manufacturer Frontline Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2020-01-24
Format Kindle eBook
EANs 9781783030699

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