Real photo postcard of Adolf Hitler and Rosa Bernile Nienau, Berghof, 1930s
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1930s
This collectible real photo postcard features a black-and-white photograph of Adolf Hitler embracing Rosa Bernile Nienau, known as his 'Jewish daughter,' at his residence in Obersalzberg (the Berghof).
The image was taken by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. The card is signed in print 'photo Hoffman' on the reverse. The reverse side also bears a printed caption stating 'Adolf Hitler with the Young People.' This specific example was used as correspondence, having been sent on November 17, 1939, by an individual named Josef Haug to a recipient named Mr. Reimer, featuring a handwritten message and a closing signature.
The subject, Rosa Bernile Nienau, was born in 1926 and maintained a friendship with Hitler between 1933 and 1938 until Martin Bormann intervened regarding her Jewish ancestry. The postcard serves as a historical document associated with Hoffmann's published work, 'Hitler as I saw him,' and documents a notable instance of Nazi propaganda photography from the 1930s.
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Physical characteristics
- Type
- Real photo postcard
Technical characteristics
- Printing
- Photograph
- Signature
- Signed in print 'photo Hoffman'
Design
- Obverse
- Photograph of Adolf Hitler and Rosa Bernile Nienau
- Reverse
- Printed caption 'Adolf Hitler with the Young People', handwritten correspondence
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
- Maker named in listing
- Heinrich Hoffmann
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