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This is as fine an example as we have ever seen of the extremely rare, very early 7 x 10 inch, 64 page, very heavily illustrated soft cover Heinrich Hoffmann photo book Der Triumph des Willens - Kampf und Aufstieg Adolf Hitlers und seiner Bewegung (The Triumph of the Will - Battles and the Rise to Power of Adolf Hitler and his Movement) as published early in 1933 by “Zeitgeschichte” in Berlin, Germany. The only two other Hoffmann books listed on the back of the title page of this book are Hitler wie ihn keiner kennt and Das Braune Heer.

Published as soon as Adolf Hitler was appointed the 23rd Chancellor of Germany, the book opens with a five page biography of the Nazi Führer by Heinrich Hoffmann’s son-in-law and Hitler Youth Leader, Baldur von Schirach. The NSDAP was a very small, close-knit group at the time.

The remainder of this book consists of the rarest early Nazi photos from the very large image library of Hitler’s personal friend and photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann.

The captioned photos begin in the very early 1920s and depict all the formations, as well as many of the leaders and gatherings of the tiny Nazi Party in its first 10 or 12 years. There are personalities like Hermann Göring, Brückner, Ritter von Epp, von Pfeffer, Horst Wessel, Ernst Röhm, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, Propaganda Minister Dr. Josef Goebbels and Reichsminister Alfred Rosenberg.

There are photos of events like Hitler’s Putsch trial and his imprisonment in Landsberg, Deutscher Tag, Reichsparteitag (Nazi Party Days), SA and SS funerals, electioneering, Hitler Youth marches, Hitler’s birthplace in Braunau am Inn, horse mounted troops, winter sports, etc.