Hitler rehearsing his public speech in front of a mirror.
The photos, taken by his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann, were apparently intended to give the Führer an insight into how he looked to the German public.
This photos aided Hitler’s self-analysis and improved his hold over an audience.
Nazis did not wanted these photos to be published.
They were published photographer’s memoir “Hitler was my friend”, which came out in 1955.
They offer a rare insight into his vanity and controlling personality.
He was concerned about how he looked and his public persona.
“He had that ability which is needed to make people stop thinking critically and just emote.”
The Nazi leader banned them from being published for being “beneath one’s dignity”.
The shots were taken shortly after his release from prison in 1925.
Adolf Hitler didn’t want anyone to see these photos so he ordered his photographer to destroy them.
He used them to practice the most charismatic postures.
The vetoed pictures were reportedly stored in Hoffmann’s studio until his arrest at the end of the war and disappeared into various archives.
Hoffmann introduced Hitler to his then-studio assistant Eva Braun.
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