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Heinrich Hoffmann

1885 - 1957

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Heinrich Hoffmann (12 September 1885 – 16 December 1957) was Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's inner circle. Hoffmann's photographs were a significant part of Hitler's propaganda campaign to present himself and the Nazi Party as a significant mass phenomenon. He received royalties from all uses of Hitler's image, which made him a millionaire over the course of Hitler's rule. After the Second World War he was tried and sentenced to 10 years in prison for war profiteering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Hoffmann is the 3rd most popular photographer (up from 9th in 2019), the 490th most popular biography from Germany (up from 700th in 2019) and the most popular German Photographer.

Heinrich Hoffmann was a German physician and author who is most famous for his children's book, Struwwelpeter.

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Among photographers, Heinrich Hoffmann ranks 3 out of 148. Before him are Nadar, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. After him are Eadweard Muybridge, Alberto Korda, Helmut Newton, Dora Maar, Alexander Rodchenko, Vivian Maier, Robert Doisneau, Oliviero Toscani, and Julia Margaret Cameron.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Heinrich Hoffmann ranks 23. Before him are George de Hevesy, Karen Horney, André Maurois, Ernst Bloch, Umberto Nobile, and Ernst Busch. After him are Mikhail Frunze, Heinrich Brüning, Vladimir Tatlin, Chester W. Nimitz, Kato Svanidze, and Sonia Delaunay. Among people deceased in 1957, Heinrich Hoffmann ranks 24. Before him are Oliver Hardy, Heinrich Otto Wieland, Henry van de Velde, Gabriela Mistral, Irving Langmuir, and Alfred Döblin. After him are José Leandro Andrade, Curzio Malaparte, Jože Plečnik, Richard E. Byrd, Joseph McCarthy, and Alfonso de Portago.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Hoffmann ranks 490 out of 7,253. Before him are Gregor Strasser (1892), George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), Roland Freisler (1893), Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium (1876), Helmuth von Moltke the Younger (1848), and Wilhelmine Amalia of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1673). After him are Josef Kramer (1906), Franz Stuck (1863), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Roman Herzog (1934), Paul Hausser (1880), and Wilhelm Furtwängler (1886).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In Germany

Among photographers born in Germany, Heinrich Hoffmann ranks 1. After him are Helmut Newton (1920), Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856), Gunter Sachs (1932), August Sander (1876), Guillermo Kahlo (1871), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), Andreas Gursky (1955), Gisèle Freund (1908), Grete Stern (1904), Lothar Wolleh (1930), and Karl Blossfeldt (1865).

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