Mit Hitler im Westen or With Hitler in the West - Softcover

Hoffmann, Heinrich

Softcover

ISBN 10: 487187883X ISBN 13: 9784871878838

Publisher: Ishi Press, 2011

Synopsis

The cover of this book shows Hitler posing in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris on June 28, 1940. German troops had entered Paris on June 14, 1940 and France had surrendered to Hitler on June 25, 1940. This book includes 195 photographs plus a foreword by Field Marshall Wilhelm Keitel. Wilhelm Bodewin Gustav Keitel (22 September 1882 – 16 October 1946) was a German field marshal (Generalfeldmarschall). As head of the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (Supreme Command of the Armed Forces) and de facto war minister, he was one of Germany's most senior military leaders during World War II. At Nuremberg, he was tried, sentenced to death and hanged as a major war criminal. This book was apparently the last of a series of photographic books about the war by Heinrich Hoffmann (1885-1957). With 195 photographs, it glorifies the victory by Germany over France. It is probably the last thing that happened that Germany felt the right to be glorified about, because reverses followed.

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About the Author

Heinrich Hoffmann (born September 12, 1885 in Fürth – died December 11, 1957 in Munich) was a German photographer best known for his many published photographs of Adolf Hitler. He was never implicated in any war crimes. To the contrary, he and his son, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jr., assisted the prosecutors in the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials by providing photographs that were used in the trials.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ishi Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 487187883X
• ISBN 13: 9784871878838
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 142