Background: These photographs accompany Goebbels’s discussion of Hitler’s speaking ability, taken from an illustrated book on Hitler published in 1936. Goebbels presents Hitler as a unique master of rhetoric, able to speak the truth to the masses in a way that inspires them to greatness. In this case, I have included all the photographs in the chapter.
The source: Joseph Goebbels, “Der Führer als Redner,” Adolf Hitler. Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers (Hamburg: Cigaretten/Bilderdienst Hamburg/Bahrenfeld, 1936, pp. 27-34.
The Führer as Speaker
9 November 1934 in Munich. The Führer speaks to new members of the party, joining from the Hitler Youth or the League of German Girls.
The Führer and Reich Labor Service Leader Hierl before 47,000 Labor Service men at the 1935 Party Congress.
Speaking to the employees of Blohm & Voß.
Dedication of the Reich Leadership School in Bernau in 1933.
The Führer speaking during the election campaign on Germany’s freedom in 1936.
The Führer opens the 1935 Party Congress of Freedom in the historic Nuremberg City Hall.
