Heinrich Hoffmann Book on Dr. Robert Ley

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RARE HOFFMANN PHOTO BOOK Dr. ROBERT LEY

THE RARE HEINRICH
HOFFMANN PHOTO BOOK
DOCUMENTING THE LIFE
AND CAREER OF
REICHS ORGANIZATIONSLEITER
AND REICHSLEITER
DR. ROBERT LEY

One of the rarest of the series of Heinrich Hoffmann photo books produced during the Third Reich of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler, this 96-page, 7-5/8 x 10-1/2 inch, softcover volume is called Dr. Robert Ley und sein Weg mit dem deutschen Arbeiter zum Führer (Doctor Robert Ley and His Path With German Workers Helping the Führer). This example is of the edition of 31,000 to 50,000 from 1940.

With more than 130 spectacular full-page and half-page photos, the book follows Dr. Robert Ley, Reichsorganisationsleiter and DAF Reichsleiter, the man who constructed the Ordensburgen, made the Volkswagen and developed countless building projects throughout the Greater German Reich, from his service in World War I through 1940.

Few people know it but Dr. Ley was the genius behind most of the organization of the Nazi Party. As Reichs Organization Leader he was responsible for the publication of the Organisationsbuch der NSDAP which outlined how every Nazi paramilitary unit from the SS to the Hitler Youth was organized, what uniforms they wore and what their mission was.

As Reichsleiter of the DAF he built the Ordensburg Castles at Vogelsang (left), Crössensee and Sonthofen. He built the towns and factories that produced everything from Volkswagens to tanks and airplanes to ships and plywood. He oversaw every laborer that worked on the Reichsautobahn.

This book contains photos of Dr. Ley with many of the leading personalities of the Third Reich era including Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Head of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, General Sepp Dietrich, Reichsminister Hermann Göring, Reichsminister Joseph Goebbels, Rudolf Hess, Hitler Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach, Il Duce Benito Mussolini, etc.

On 16 May 1945, Dr. Robert Ley was arrested at his villa in Berchtesgaden by American troops. On 25 October 1945, four days after being indicted at the Nürnberg War Trials, he committed suicide in his prison cell by hanging himself.

Much of the genius of Dr. Ley is overshadowed by the high profile work of Albert Speer who was not hung at Nürnberg and thus survived the war to become his own best publicist.

This book is in very good conditon, with the original dust jacket which shows some wear.

Dr. Ley was also responsible for some of Nazi Germany's most anti-Semitic books published. Click HERE if you are interested.

Dr. Ley also published the NSDAP magazine Der Schulungsbrief. Click HERE if you are interested in the Der Schulungsbrief magazines offered for sale on the USM website.

This rare Hoffmann book on Dr. Robert Ley is offered for sale
for $395.00 delivered to any address in the United States.
We are happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire.
USM book # 191

Shown left is another original example of the same book described above, Dr. Robert Ley und sein Weg mit dem deutschen Arbeiter zum Führer (Doctor Robert Ley and His Path With German Workers Helping the Führer).

We do not know which edition this is as the first page which contains this information has been torn out. All the other (picture) pages are there and are in very good condition. The dust jacket is a color photo copy.

This rare Hoffmann book on Dr. Robert Ley is offered for sale
for $295.00 delivered to any address in the United States.
We are happy to ship abroad at additional cost. Please inquire.
USM book # 191a

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about the life and career of Germany's 23rd Chancellor Adolf Hitler, click HERE.

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