Hitler as Chancellor in Pictures - A Photo Book - First Published in 1936 as "Adolf Hitler - Bilder Aus Dem Leben Des F Hrers"

Price 27.00 - 34.02 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781905742189

Brand Foxley Books

This photo book with about 200 pictures was published in 1936 as a propaganda work to give the general public an insight into the life of Adolf Hitler as a chancellor after his first three years in office. The book possibly appealed mainly to a younger generation who liked to collect and trade the more than 200 collectable photos. A single photo came with each purchase of a pack of cigarettes. The pictures where then glued into the book. These collectable images were very popular at the time but usually with themes such as animals or plants. Hitler used the cigarette pictures for the first time to promote a political message. Hitler"s personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann took most photos. They had met in 1919 in Munich, and Hoffmann became the only photographer allowed to take pictures of the dictator. The reprint of this rare book will be welcomed by scholars of the period as an indispensable primary source offering a valuable perspective on the formation and development of Nazi ideology.