[Faline]

The method behind the madness of Hitler's infamous rousing speeches has been revealed in an album of extraordinary photographs.
The incredible pictures show the dictator rehearsing for his hate-filled monologues using a range of bizarre expressions and hand gestures.
The nine photos were taken by his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann to give the 'showman' Fuhrer an insight into how he looked to the German public.











Once he saw them, he would vet the pictures and decide whether to incorporate the various animated movements in his engagements.
The pictures, taken in the late 1920s, show Hitler pointing at a pretend audience, raising a clenched fist, opening his palms as if imploring a crowd to stand up and frowning angrily.

A separate photo shows him in an absurdly camp pose, wearing lederhosen and leaning against a tree:

The Nazi monster later banned it from being published for being 'beneath one's dignity'.
Another image has him staring seriously at the camera wearing an SA cap - which he never wore again upon seeing the ridiculous pictures.

The SA - or Sturmabteilung - were Hitler's storm troopers, also known as brownshirts, which later became overshadowed by the SS.
The photos, which were never intended to be seen, survived the war and have now been published alongside a range of portraits of Hitler, from the chilling to the comical.


The vetoed photos were stored in Hoffmann's studio until his arrest at the end of the war, whereupon they disappeared into various archives.
They were later published in his little-known memoir, Hitler Was My Friend, in the 1950s and have now been released in English to be seen by the general public.
They capture the meticulous training Hitler undertook to perfect his famous speeches, and give a rare insight into his vanity and controlling personality.

Heinrich Hoffmann, who introduced Hitler to his then-studio assistant Eva Braun, survived the war and spent four years in prison for Nazi profiteering. He died in 1957, aged 72:

Roger Moorhouse, a historian who wrote the introduction to the new book, said: 'It makes perfect sense that he would be doing this.
'We have this image now of Hitler almost as a buffoon, but he had a lot of charisma and his speeches made people sincerely believe he would lead them back to greatness.
'He was an absolutely spellbinding public speaker and these pictures show that it was something he worked very hard on.
'When you listen to his speeches now, he sounds like a ranting, raving maniac, but we know that it came across in a very persuasive way.
'These pictures give an important insight into how he practised. He was a showman and rehearsed his gestures to get a particular reaction from his audiences.
'He experimented with his own image and asked Hoffmann to take photographs for him to review. Then he'd look at them and say "no, that looks silly" or "I'm never doing that again".
'He used Hoffmann as a sounding board, but never intended the images to be published.
'He was a very modern politician in that way. He was concerned about how he looked and his public persona.'
Hoffmann, who introduced Hitler to his then-studio assistant Eva Braun, survived the war and spent four years in prison for Nazi profiteering. He died in 1957, aged 72.

[Billthegravedigger]

I have to say, Hitler was a genius in his own right, just too bad he used it for evil and erradication of peoples he thought were inferior to him and his Aryan Race.

[zombie-rot420]

Wow. Great find. I liked Hitlers FUPA in the lederhosen.

[luton loyal]

wanker

[.408Cheytac]

YOU'RE A WIZARD HARRY!!!!

A WHOT?

A WIZARD HARRY!!

[collaredgirl65]

He was a madman but a brilliant madman. He understood better then most how to present himself and make people believe in him.

[Pyramid_Head]

Be careful Kelly, you might be considered a Neo-Nazi for posting these.

[Billthegravedigger]

You know what they say, being insane or being a genius is measured by success.

[Dynamo47]

Originally Posted by collaredgirl65 ↗

He was a madman but a brilliant madman. He understood better then most how to present himself and make people believe in him.

While there is no comparison, I definitely see similarities in how Obama does his speeches and Hitler. Not in views or anything like that but in the speaking mannerisms.

[Dynamo47]

One thing I do find strange. If Hitler tried to eradicate the Jews then wouldn't you think there would be more Nazi movements in Islamic countries since they share the same "enemy"