Poster of three-quarter length portrait of Hitler

Identifier
irn8559
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1994.110.2
Dates
1 Jan 1935 - 31 Dec 1935
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

overall: Height: 46.500 inches (118.11 cm) | Width: 32.625 inches (82.868 cm)

Creator(s)

Biographical History

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.

Archival History

The poster was acquired by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994.

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

Scope and Content

Poster of three-quarter length portrait of Hitler

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Lithographed poster on linen backing. Recto: three quarter length portrait of Adolf Hitler against a dark background with extremely subtle light framing his back. His body is slightly turned face right, resting right hand on his right hip and left elbow on chair back. He wears a dark green suit coat, cross (emblem) over left breast pocket and red armband on left bicep. He also wears tiny symbol, eagle holding swastika, on his necktie, just below the knot.

front, lower right corner, black ink : Carl Werner Reichenbach I.V.

People

Genre

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