![]() 1914 picture with Hitler for the first time, with a magnifying-glass-like enlargement of his face. Hindenburg, Thälmann and others), the Illustrierter Beobachter publishes the Aug. March 12: On the day before the election of the Reich president (Hitler vs.Hitler was overjoyed.Īssessment: I wonder whether Hoffmann used that time to mount another photo of Hitler into the crowd-it's a very fishy story, also that the famous photo wasn't published for two more years. Then he called up the cafe and had Hitler come back to see the photo. Hoffmann couldn't find him in any of the plates, sent Hitler to a cafe, then found it on a plate that had been sorted out for destruction. 32f, see 1974, below), Hoffmann tells a story about a day in 1930 when Hitler stopped by his studio, noticed a photo from the August 1914 series, and told Hoffmann that he had been in the crowd. In his 1974 memoir (German edition, p.1914 series in the weekly magazine Illustrierter Beobachter (which he co-founded and of which he was one of the primary suppliers of photographs) - but NOT the one with Hitler Hoffmann publishes a photo from his Aug.Hoffmann says that he later found another plate (negative) that was supposed to be destroyed, on which Hitler was indeed visible. Hoffmann later writes that in this year he was talking to Hitler in his atelier, and after realizing that Hitler was on the Odeonsplatz that day, they searched for him in Hoffmann's photos of the event, albeit without success.Series of more than 6 photos taken by Heinrich Hoffmann.Film clip discovered by Thomas Weber made ( youtube version beware of cut to photo).2, 1914: Patriotic gathering on the Odeonsplatz (between Feldherrenhalle and Theatiner church) in Munich, attended by Hitler, then 25 years old (Hitler as No-one Knows Him), Berlin, 1932 This version was published in Hoffmann's book Hitler wie ihn keiner kennt The group moderator found on youtube the clip of a 1914 news film (according to the comments there it was shown in a BBC documentary) showing that same crowd, including a man who at least resembles Hitler (in a different spot in the crowd). The interesting discussion that unfolded is documented below. In December 2010 I posted this summary on the yahoo group 3rdReichStudies. Is far more sophisticated than those by Stalin around the same time. ![]() None of these reasons are airtight-only finding the original negative Also, far fewer people are in the square, leavingĮnough room for a street car to roll through unimpeded. Of Hitler's First War, 2010), shows a man resembling Hitler, but fartherīack in the crowd, near the Theatiner church, not in this prominent A film clip of the gathering recently discovered by Thomas Weber (author.Negatives of the crowd are preserved in Hoffmann's archive. Showing Hitler's drooping forehead hair in different positions. No negative of the image has been preserved, but several prints from it,.Presidential election, because he had evaded service in the Austrian army. Published in 1932, when Hitler's patriotism was under fire during the Reich The picture was supposedly discovered by Hitler and Hoffmann in 1929,īut not used in 1930 when photographer Hoffmann's magazine Illustrierterīeobachter printed a different picture of the gathering.Hitler didn't look like that in 1914 (mustache, suit).8, 2010 article in the newspaper Die Welt explains why:īerühmtes Hitler-Foto möglicherweise gefälscht ( English version on ).įour reasons why the picture is probably a forgery: The catalog caption mentions that it is probably a forgery. Included in the "Hitler and the Germans" exhibition inīerlin from October 2009 to February 2010. The famous photo of Hitler in a crowd in front of the Munichįeldherrenhalle waving his hat to cheer the outbreak of the Great War is (professor of German history at UC Santa Barbara)Ĭreated December 12, 2010, updated 12/31/10 Marcuse > Projects > Hitler > Hitler and WWI Outbreak Photo Enlargement first published in March 1932
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