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Heinrich Hoffmann was born in Fürth on 12 September 1885.
(First published in 1845. Struwwelpeter (variously transla...)
First published in 1845. Struwwelpeter (variously translated as "slovenly" or "shock-headed" Peter) has become widely recognized as one of the most popular and influential children's books ever written. Heinrich Hoffmann was a Frankfurt physician. Unhappy with the dry and pedagogic books available for children at the time, he wrote and illustrated Struwwelpeter as a Christmas present for his three-year-old son. The book relates in verse and pictures the often gruesome consequences that befall children who torment animals, play with matches, suck their thumbs, refuse to eat, fidget at meals, etc. Written in rhyming couplets and illustrated by the author, the book was an immediate success. It has since gone through hundreds of editions and been published in almost every European language. The present volume reprints 25 color plates from a German edition (including a bonus plate done for the 100th edition in 1876) with the reset text of a standard English translation. Also included are the full German text and an afterword with a brief biography of the author and note on how the book came to be written. Children, bibliophiles, antiquarians — any lover of time-honored tales for children — will welcome this new edition of the classic German story. First published in 1845. Struwwelpeter (variously translated as "slovenly" or "shock-headed" Peter) has become widely recognized as one of the most popular and influential children's books ever written. Heinrich Hoffmann was a Frankfurt physician. Unhappy with the dry and pedagogic books available for children at the time, he wrote and illustrated Struwwelpeter as a Christmas present for his three-year-old son. The book relates in verse and pictures the often gruesome consequences that befall children who torment animals, play with matches, suck their thumbs, refuse to eat, fidget at meals, etc. Written in rhyming couplets and illustrated by the author, the book was an immediate success. It has since gone through hundreds of editions and been published in almost every European language. The present volume reprints 25 color plates from a German edition (including a bonus plate done for the 100th edition in 1876) with the reset text of a standard English translation. Also included are the full German text and an afterword with a brief biography of the author and note on how the book came to be written. Children, bibliophiles, antiquarians — any lover of time-honored tales for children — will welcome this new edition of the classic German story.
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(As official ‘court’ photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann playe...)
As official ‘court’ photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann played a critical role in the painstaking cultivation of Hitler’s public image and the glorification of the Third Reich. However, his influence stretched far beyond the realm of propaganda. Not only was he present during many of the key moments in the history of the Third Reich – he was also a close, personal friend of the Führer with exclusive and intimate access to Hitler’s inner circle and to the man himself. It was Hoffmann who introduced Hitler to Eva Braun, his studio assistant. He took over two million photographs of Hitler and published several books including The Hitler Nobody Knows (1933). At the end of the war, Hoffmann was arrested by the US military, who seized his photographic archive, and was sentenced to imprisonment for Nazi profiteering. His memoirs are a crucial eyewitness source for the historian and general reader alike, offering an illuminating glimpse of the dictator’s personality and a remarkable, behind-the-scenes account of the Nazi regime. This edition includes a new Introduction by Roger Moorhouse.
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(A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter wit...)
A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter with the original pictures (their colors tidied up) and the German verses with new, closer English translations side by side. The translations concentrate on copying the easy rhythm and rhyming and natural language of Hoffmann's lines. They try to follow the originals word by word, line by line, picture by picture, as closely as possible, right up to the end of each story.A few sequels are then added: Conrad is taken to hospital and his thumbs are reattached. Flying Robert is found next morning clinging to a steeple, and is rescued. A page at the end describes the making of "suncatchers" - stained glass window hangings - in the shape of Struwwelpeter figures, and a stained glass Peter is shown on the back cover. Der Struwwelpeter was written in December 1844 by Frankfurt am Main physician Heinrich Hoffmann as a Christmas gift for his three-year-old son Carl Pilipp. He put it together very quickly from funny stories that he used in his practice. He told these to frightened child patients, making pencil sketches to illustrate, and the children quickly forgot their fears and could be examined. It is sometimes theorized that the stories are too frightening for children, but Hoffmann knew better - from practice. The book was published in October 1845 and was an immediate and perennial success. Edition after edition quickly followed - nearly 200 in Hoffmann's lifetime. Today, Struwwelpeter scholars have given up trying to count the editions and imitations and parodies and translations that are still appearing. An internet search for "Struwwelpeter" returns over 400,000 results. The Struwwelpeter Museum is at 20 Schubertstrasse in Frankfurt, a short walk from the Palmengarten entrance. Helping to support the museum is its "Freundeskreis" (Circle of Friends). Membership - see the Museum website - is US$30 per year and is open to all. It includes a subscription to their annual Struwwelpost - a journal of Struwwelpeter news and scholarly articles.
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(A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter wit...)
A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter with the original pictures (their colors tidied up) and the German verses with new, closer English translations side by side. The translations concentrate on copying the easy rhythm and rhyming and natural language of Hoffmann's lines. They try to follow the originals word by word, line by line, picture by picture, as closely as possible, right up to the end of each story.A few sequels are then added: Conrad is taken to hospital and his thumbs are reattached. Flying Robert is found next morning clinging to a steeple, and is rescued. A page at the end describes the making of "suncatchers" - stained glass window hangings - in the shape of Struwwelpeter figures, and a stained glass Peter is shown on the back cover. Der Struwwelpeter was written in December 1844 by Frankfurt am Main physician Heinrich Hoffmann as a Christmas gift for his three-year-old son Carl Pilipp. He put it together very quickly from funny stories that he used in his practice. He told these to frightened child patients, making pencil sketches to illustrate, and the children quickly forgot their fears and could be examined. It is sometimes theorized that the stories are too frightening for children, but Hoffmann knew better - from practice. The book was published in October 1845 and was an immediate and perennial success. Edition after edition quickly followed - nearly 200 in Hoffmann's lifetime. Today, Struwwelpeter scholars have given up trying to count the editions and imitations and parodies and translations that are still appearing. An internet search for "Struwwelpeter" returns over 400,000 results. The Struwwelpeter Museum is at 20 Schubertstrasse in Frankfurt, a short walk from the Palmengarten entrance. Helping to support the museum is its "Freundeskreis" (Circle of Friends). Membership - see the Museum website - is US$30 per year and is open to all. It includes a subscription to their annual Struwwelpost - a journal of Struwwelpeter news and scholarly articles.
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(In May 1940, the German Army swept over Europe, unleashin...)
In May 1940, the German Army swept over Europe, unleashing a campaign of battles of annihilation on a hitherto unheralded scale. France was quickly overcome and Holland, along with Belgium, fell in a matter of days. At the head of this vast operation was the Führer with his Supreme Command, and on hand to document the highlights of their inimitable campaign was Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler’s close friend and official photographer. This is an invaluable photographic record of the events of Spring 1940, originally published as Mit Hitler im Westen, which was regarded as Heinrich Hoffman’s finest work. The striking images displayed within provide both an intimate view inside the life of the Führer, and present a chilling glimpse into one of history’s most vicious campaigns, and darkest hours. An important historic work, With Hitler in the West provides a fascinating insight into the events of 1940, that shook the world.
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(Since 1941 again on the market available! Now in your lan...)
Since 1941 again on the market available! Now in your language, too! When the German Wehrmacht landed on April 9, 1940 in Denmark and Norway, and then occupied the vast Norwegian territory in constant battles over the following weeks, to the fighting forces of the three Wehrmacht units were also assigned men of the PK (propaganda company), which kept the landing, advance, fight and victory in words and pictures. Their reports to the home country have already given a vivid picture of the harshness and peculiar nature of the struggles and the achievements and successes of the deployed associations of all three Wehrmacht units during the Norwegian campaign. Especially the image reporters were called to capture for the future the campaign in its individual phases from the landing to the capitulation of the opponent. A selection of content-rich and exciting recordings of the PK unites are present in this illustrated book. The new edition has been extended by 32 pages with pictures from this period. Anyone attentively studying it will be able to get an idea of all the events that took place between April 9 and June 10, 1940 in Norway from Kristiansand to Narvik, and about the difficulties that had to be overcome.
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Heinrich Hoffmann was born in Fürth on 12 September 1885.
After completing his primary school education, Hoffmann trained as a photographer from 1901 to 1903. He found employment in Heidelberg, Frankfurt on the Main, Bad Homburg, Switzerland, France and England until 1909.
During World War I he served as a photographer in the Bavarian army, publishing his first book of photographs in 1919. In the same year he first met Hitler, the beginning of an intimate personal relationship. Hitler would often visit the Hoffmanns’ home in Munich for relaxation. It was through the photographer that the future leader of the Third Reich first met Eva Braun who worked in his shop, and Hoffmann also frequently drove him to the Wagner home in Bayreuth to see Frau Winifred Wagner. In 1920 Hoffmann joined the NSDAP and soon belonged to the inner circle of Hitler’s intimate companions. The only man allowed to photograph the Führer, he accompanied him everywhere on his road to power and later, during World War II, travelled with him to all the various fronts. Hoffmann’s two-and-a- half million photographs provide a unique record of twenty-five years of German history and helped to make him an enormously wealthy man, as well as enriching Hitler himself and enhancing his popularity. In the 1930s he published the pictorial booklets on each of the major Party rallies.
In 1938 Hoffmann was appointed Professor by Hitler and in January 1940 the court photographer became a member of the Reichstag for the electoral district of Düsseldorf East. His status in the Party had gone up when his daughter Henny married Baldur von Schirach the Reich Youth Leader.
It was Hoffmann’s idea that Hitler should receive a royalty for every photograph of himself which appeared on a postage stamp, which led to the accumulation of enormous sums of money to the Führer's account.
Hoffmann was tried as a Nazi profiteer in 1947, sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment (later reduced to three, then raised to five years in 1950) and nearly all of his personal fortune was confiscated.
He died in Munich on 16 December 1957.
(Since 1941 again on the market available! Now in your lan...)
(A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter wit...)
(A deluxe hardcover bilingual edition of Struwwelpeter wit...)
(As official ‘court’ photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann playe...)
(In May 1940, the German Army swept over Europe, unleashin...)
(First published in 1845. Struwwelpeter (variously transla...)
His status in the party was not however based on politics as much as on his artistic and business connections with the Führer. Hitler shared Hoffmann’s taste in paintings and gave him the responsibility of sifting through paintings submitted for the annual Grand Art Show.
Hoffmann married Therese "Lelly" Baumann, who was very fond of Hitler, in 1911. Their daughter Henriette ("Henny") was born on 3 February 1913 and followed by a son, Heinrich ("Heini") on 24 October 1916. Henriette married National Hitler Youth Leader Baldur von Schirach, who provided introductions to many of Hoffmann's picture books, in 1932. Therese Hoffmann died a sudden and unexpected death in 1928.
Hoffmann remarried shortly afterwards in 1929; his second wife was Erna Gröbke.