Figure 1.-- Hitler and his propagandists through it important to humanize the man. We are not sure if Hitler discussed thisn idea with his advisers, especially Hoffman, or came up with the idea on his own. Hitler especially liked to be photographed with younger children who generally were unaware of what was going on. Older children like many adults were commonly memorized by him.

Third, Hitler and his propagandists through it important to humanize the man. We are not sure if Hitler discussed thisn idea with his advisers, especially Hoffman, or came up with the idea on his own. It may have evolved from Hoffman's idea that children were attractive props for images without hinking deeply about it. But clearly a major way in which this was accomplished was to show the Führer with children. Hoffmann loved to photograph Hitler with children, especially young children. These images were very widely distributed in Germany. Eva Braun alson photogrphed Hitlrr with cvhildre, most the children of the NAZI leadership. But her images did not come out until after the War. And these humanizing images did not appear in the Western newsreels which tended to run images of the bellicose Hitler. This was because they were the most dramatic. Also, Hoffman's images did not appear in the newsreels where the Western media got most of its Hitler imagery. We note that there was very little actual reaction with the children beyond the photography. Just the snap and that was it. Hitler did not oplay with them, go on walks wih them, or any other real intractiion. Researchers have interviewed many of these children as adults and one interesting comment of many was that Hitler had nothing memorable to say. One mentiins him as saying 'beautiful Aryan choldren' which he did not understand. Some times he said nothing. But of course there was not audio to go along with still photography.

Created: 12:09 AM 9/6/2024
Last updated: 12:09 AM 9/6/2024