Hitler at home: Rare photographs show how the Nazi leader relaxed while he 行うd war

Relaxing with a cup of tea and 株ing a joke with a (人が)群がる of admiring women - these are the rarely seen intimate portraits of Adolf Hitler at the 高さ of his 力/強力にする.

The snapshots of the 独裁者 were taken between 1936 and 1945 as the Nazi party 強化するd its 支配する on Germany and then 行うd war against its European 隣人s.

大きくする ? The German leader eats a meal with the wife of Gauleiter Albert Forster, at the Berghof, Hitler's estate in Upper Bavaria in the late 1930s

The German leader eats a meal with Gertrud Deetz - the wife of Gauleiter Albert Forster, at the Berghof, Hitler's 広い地所 in Upper Bavaria in the late 1930s. Gertrude did not hear about her husband's death in 1949 until 1954

大きくする ? Hitler (hands on hips) admires his new car, which was presented by the manufacturer Ferdinand Porsche. The Fuhrer did not like to drive himself and had a chauffeur

Hitler (手渡すs on hips) admires his new car, which was 現在のd by the 製造業者 Ferdinand Porsche. The Fuhrer did not like to 運動 himself and had a chauffeur

In one 一連の pictures from 1939, Hitler is shown admiring his 50th birthday 現在の - a 特に designed 転換できる VW, which was given to him by Ferdinand Porsche.

He received the glossy 黒人/ボイコット automobile at his Eagle's Nest home in the アルプス山脈. The mountain-based chalet was built as a 退却/保養地 for Hitler and a place for him to entertain visiting 高官s.

In another 始める,決める Hitler is seen laughing at a Christmas party in 1941. By this point over 43,000 British 非軍事のs had been killed in German 爆破 (警察の)手入れ,急襲s.

The photographs were taken by Hugo Jaeger, who had 特権d 接近 to the Fuhrer during those tumultuous years. Jaeger was one of the 早期に adopters of colour photography and created (疑いを)晴らす, evocative images.

Unlike the Nazi leader's main photographer Heinrich Hoffmann, Jaeger took pictures both of 私的な events and 抱擁する 宣伝 spectacles.

大きくする ? Hitler is surrounded by an enthralled group of Austrian schoolgirls in 1939. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria?Hungary in 1889

Hitler is surrounded by an enthralled group of Austrian schoolgirls in 1939. Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn in Austria-Hungary in 1889

Left: Hitler at a party 歓迎会 at the Fuhrerbau 権利: Adolf Hitler, wearing an Arbeitsfront cap, 船内に the KDF Ship Robert Ley on its maiden voyage with Inge Ley (Robert Ley's wife) in 1939. German 労働者s were 申し込む/申し出d 解放する/自由な 巡航するs through the 'Strength through Joy' 計画/陰謀

に引き続いて the 連合した victory in 1945 Mr Jaeger packed his transparencies into 12 glass jars and buried them on the 郊外s of Munich.

He finally retrieved them in 1955 and 回復するd the 2,000 photos in a bank 丸天井. In 1965 he sold them to LIFE magazine, who have since only published a fraction of the 広範囲にわたる collection.

It is 不明瞭な what happened to Mr Jaeger after this time - the last 証拠 of the photographer is a 黒人/ボイコット and white image in Life magazine 時代遅れの 1970.

Left: Hitler shakes 手渡すs with his 公式の/役人 photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann at the Reichs Chancellory in Berlin すぐに after midnight on April 20, 1939. 権利: 株ing a moment with an 身元不明の woman


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