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Hitler Was My Friend: Memoirs of Hitler's Photographer
Author(s): Heinrich Hoffmann (Author)
- Publisher: Frontline Books
- Publication Date: 1 Dec. 2011
- Edition: New Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 268 pages
- ISBN-10: 1848326084
- ISBN-13: 9781848326088
Book Description
Heinrich Hoffman was a key part in the making of the Hitler legend, the photographer who carefully crafted the image of the Fuhrer 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 travelled 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 Fuhrer – but also as a matchmaker – 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
First printed in 1955 on his release from Allied imprisonment this fly-on-the-wall account by court photographer Heinrich Hoffmann documents Hitler’s private life and inner circle. Loathed by Goebbels and Bormann due to his apolitical nature, the author was the Nazi leader’s confidant and lightening rod. Hitler Was My Friend becomes increasingly absorbing as the dictator’s numerous wartime crises deepen but do not expect insights on the major strategic or operational decisions as Hoffmann was neither present nor involved. – Soldier Magazine
