#26 Henriette Hoffmann – She Confronted Hitler with the Holocaust

#26 Henriette Hoffmann – She Confronted Hitler with the Holocaust

Henriette Hoffmann was born on February 2, 1913, in Munich. Her father, Heinrich Hoffmann, was the official photographer of the Nazi Party; her mother, Therese “Nelly” Baumann, was a singer and actress. Her childhood unfolded in Schwabing, an artistic district that during the Weimar years was one of the centers of avant-garde life and political radicalism. The family soon became part of Hitler’s immediate circle: already in the early 1920s, the party’s first meetings were held in Heinrich Hoffmann’s home.

Little Henny thus grew up quite literally in the cradle of the Nazi movement. Hitler was a frequent guest in the Hoffmann household; he treated the photographer’s family almost as his own. Henny was only nine years old when she first met him, and this early acquaintance would shape her life for decades.


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#19 Why did wealthy older women love Hitler?

#19 Why did wealthy older women love Hitler?

The philosopher Hannah Arendt spoke of the “growing admiration of the good and wealthy classes for the underworld” in the 19th century. She noted that “this wealthy class gradually yielded to every mo...

14 Loka 202529min

#18 Seeing Hitler: Testimonies of Friends and Comrades

#18 Seeing Hitler: Testimonies of Friends and Comrades

Contrary to the claim that he was a man of absolute self-confidence, we know of numerous documented cases in which he displayed the exact opposite behavior. At such times he acted surprisingly helples...

6 Loka 202548min

#17 Hitler: What Did People Think of Hitler?

#17 Hitler: What Did People Think of Hitler?

Thus says Hans Frank, Hitler’s personal lawyer, who was a witness from the very beginning and accompanied Hitler. In his analysis of Hitler and the regime in the work Im Angesicht des Galgens (In the ...

24 Syys 202543min

#15 How Hitler Saw Himself?

#15 How Hitler Saw Himself?

However, in 1924 a crucial turning point came. After the failed Beer Hall Putsch and the trial in Munich, Hitler was imprisoned in the Landsberg fortress. There, behind the prison walls, his self-perc...

5 Syys 202547min

#14 Karl Brandt: The Doctor Behind Hitler’s Euthanasia Orders

#14 Karl Brandt: The Doctor Behind Hitler’s Euthanasia Orders

Karl Brandt and his wife Anni were as the Albert Speer and his wife members of Hitler's inner circle in Berchtesgaden, where Hitler maintained his private residence known as the Berghof. This highly e...

10 Elo 202531min

#13 Dr. Eduard Bloch – Adolf Hitler’s Childhood Doctor

#13 Dr. Eduard Bloch – Adolf Hitler’s Childhood Doctor

Dr. Eduard Bloch was a humble yet compassionate physician practicing in Linz, Austria, during Adolf Hitler’s youth. As the family doctor to the Hitlers, Bloch cared for young Adolf and his siblings, n...

24 Heinä 202518min

#12 The most important Hitler biographers

#12 The most important Hitler biographers

The first important biographer is Konrad Heiden, who wrote a biography while Hitler was still alive. It was the first comprehensive and critical work that a German author was able to write without cen...

1 Heinä 202544min

#11 What do we know about Hitler? From whom and from where?

#11 What do we know about Hitler? From whom and from where?

We're trying to shed light on the undoubtedly most important figure of National Socialism. It's not hard to guess that it's about Adolf Hitler we are talking about. My approach will be as follows: fir...

22 Marras 202436min

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