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http://www.life.com/image/50715714/in-gallery/27012/adolf-hitlers-private-world
http://www.life.com/image/last/in-gallery/26992/hitlers-humble-beginnings
http://www.life.com/image/last/in-gallery/27022/adolf-hitler-up-close
http://www.life.com/image/last/in-gallery/26982/adolf-hitler-among-the-crowds
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(June 5) -- Adolf Hitler stands in a car during a motorcade, delivering his infamous "Heil Hitler" salute to the assembled German troops.
This chilling image and others like it are part of a collection of never-before-published color photos taken by one of Hitler's personal photographers, Hugo Jaeger. Jaeger sold the prints in 1965 and they are now in several galleries displayed online by Life magazine.
Jaeger, one the few photographers to use color extensively in the 1930s, had what Life called "unprecedented" access to Adolf Hitler and his associates. The newly published galleries are only a fraction of his 2,000-print collection, documenting everything from military reviews and naval launches to Christmas parties and birthday gifts.
Jaeger photographed Hitler and his rise to power from 1936 to 1945. The extensive collection includes images of Hitler's associates and friends, as well as iconic moments: One of the photos shows a street scene in Munich on the 15th anniversary of Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. This evening in 1938 was also the night of "Kristallnacht," or Night of the Broken Glass, a horrific attack on Jewish citizens across Germany.
The photos chronicle Hitler's political life during the decade, but also show more intimate moments. The collection includes interior shots of Hitler's office and apartments, as well as his leisure time spent on a Nazi cruise liner.
The breadth of the collection is almost as astonishing as the story of the photos' recovery.
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Jaeger was staying in a house near Munich when it was searched by six American soldiers. The soldiers found a suitcase in which Jaeger had concealed thousands of his color transparencies, and he feared being arrested when the soldiers recognized his close connection with Hitler.
However, when the soldiers opened the suitcase, they were distracted by a bottle of liquor Jaeger had put on top. After sharing drinks amongst themselves and Jaeger, the soldiers forgot to search the remaining contents of the suitcase.
Soon after, Jaeger went to great lengths to hide the transparencies. He enclosed them in glass jars and buried them in the ground for years, returning several times to dig them up and rebury them again.
In 1955, 10 years after the war, Jaeger returned a final time to remove the jars and put the prints in a bank vault. Another 10 years later, he sold them to Life magazine.
Life magazine published four galleries this month: Adolf Hitler's Private World, Hitler's Humble Beginnings, Adolf Hitler: Among the Crowds, and Adolf Hitler: Up Close.
Even after this new release, many of Jaeger's rare color photographs have yet to be published.
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and his crib was
links to photos
http://www.life.com/image/50715714/in-gallery/27012/adolf-hitlers-private-world
http://www.life.com/image/last/in-gallery/26992/hitlers-humble-beginnings
http://www.life.com/image/last/in-gallery/27022/adolf-hitler-up-close
http://www.life.com/image/last/in-gallery/26982/adolf-hitler-among-the-crowds
article.
link
(June 5) -- Adolf Hitler stands in a car during a motorcade, delivering his infamous "Heil Hitler" salute to the assembled German troops.
This chilling image and others like it are part of a collection of never-before-published color photos taken by one of Hitler's personal photographers, Hugo Jaeger. Jaeger sold the prints in 1965 and they are now in several galleries displayed online by Life magazine.
Jaeger, one the few photographers to use color extensively in the 1930s, had what Life called "unprecedented" access to Adolf Hitler and his associates. The newly published galleries are only a fraction of his 2,000-print collection, documenting everything from military reviews and naval launches to Christmas parties and birthday gifts.
Jaeger photographed Hitler and his rise to power from 1936 to 1945. The extensive collection includes images of Hitler's associates and friends, as well as iconic moments: One of the photos shows a street scene in Munich on the 15th anniversary of Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. This evening in 1938 was also the night of "Kristallnacht," or Night of the Broken Glass, a horrific attack on Jewish citizens across Germany.
The photos chronicle Hitler's political life during the decade, but also show more intimate moments. The collection includes interior shots of Hitler's office and apartments, as well as his leisure time spent on a Nazi cruise liner.
The breadth of the collection is almost as astonishing as the story of the photos' recovery.
In 1945, at the end of World War II, Jaeger was staying in a house near Munich when it was searched by six American soldiers. The soldiers found a suitcase in which Jaeger had concealed thousands of his color transparencies, and he feared being arrested when the soldiers recognized his close connection with Hitler.
However, when the soldiers opened the suitcase, they were distracted by a bottle of liquor Jaeger had put on top. After sharing drinks amongst themselves and Jaeger, the soldiers forgot to search the remaining contents of the suitcase.
Soon after, Jaeger went to great lengths to hide the transparencies. He enclosed them in glass jars and buried them in the ground for years, returning several times to dig them up and rebury them again.
In 1955, 10 years after the war, Jaeger returned a final time to remove the jars and put the prints in a bank vault. Another 10 years later, he sold them to Life magazine.
Life magazine published four galleries this month: Adolf Hitler's Private World, Hitler's Humble Beginnings, Adolf Hitler: Among the Crowds, and Adolf Hitler: Up Close.
Even after this new release, many of Jaeger's rare color photographs have yet to be published.
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