December 2021 Auction
Lot 508:
Sold for: $225
Description
One of the rarest books in the series of 50 or so Heinrich Hoffmann photo books produced during the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler, this 96-page, 7-5/8 x 10-1/2 inch, soft cover First Edition is called "Hitler in Italien" (Hitler in Italy). The foreword was written by Reichspressechef Dr. Otto Dietrich.With more than 125 spectacular full-page and half-page photos, the book follows the trip Adolf Hitler made in 1938 to Fascist Italy to visit Il Duce, Benito Mussolini. Mussolini had prepared well for the visit of the Führer and he was the toast not only of the cities of Rome, Florence and Napels but also of the country. Rome was decked out in splendor from an earlier age in Italy and the Italian army and Italian paramilitary organizations were paraded incessantly.There were eagles and swastikas and swastika banners everywhere. The navy exercised off the island of Capri and Hitler, Mussolini, Count Galeazzo Ciano and Italian King Victor Emmanuel appeared together everywhere.The Colosseum and other ancient Roman venues were filled to capacity as the dignitaries saluted. Among the Nazi celebrities that accompanied Hitler were Hermann Göring, Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess, Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, Dr. Joseph Goebbels and his wife Magda, and many others.****************IMPORTANT! We ship this article from our office in Europe****************
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