us-005578-irn564027-irn564032
type: RecordSet
archival history: The book was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017 by Carolyn Buser, the daughter of Jerome S. Buser.
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.
physical characteristics and technical requirements: Miniature propaganda book; photo on front shows Hitler and two other men looking at a map; title:"DES FUHRERS / KAMPF IN BELGIEN" Back cover is red with"ZWEITES / KRIEGSHILFSWERK / FUR DAS / DEUTSHCE / ROTE-KREU" in white.
conditions of access: No restrictions on access
conditions of use: Restrictions on use
date: approximately 1941
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had some members with language: deu
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn564032
is or was included in: us-005578-irn564027
record resource extent: overall: Height: 2.000 inches (5.08 cm) | Width: 1.375 inches (3.493 cm)
results or resulted from: 1
scope and content: Miniature"button boo" printed by the Nazi German government and given as a token gift to those who had donated to the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz. The booklet could be worn on coat buttons as a sign that the wearer had donated to the charity.
title: The leader's fight in Belgium Miniature"button boo" issued for charitable contributions by the Zweites Kriegshilfswerk für das Deutsche Rote Kreuz