One of many in Heinrich Hoffmann's famous series of photographs of Adolf Hitler rehearsing his gestures, postures and expressions for later “vetting”, as Hoffmann explained after the war.
Commonly thought to have been taken in 1925, the world would never have seen these photographs, had Hoffmann obeyed Hitler's order to destroy all the negatives and prints.
Abgeschieden von Lärm und Unruhe der Städte ruht hier der Führer auf den großen Wiesen in der Nähe seines Häuschens von den Strapazen des Kampfes aus. Dabei liest er dann die gegnerischen Zeitungen und freut sich über die Märchen, die sie über ihn verbreiten: Sektgelage, jüdische Freundinnen, Luxusvilla, französische Gelder . . . . .
— Heinrich Hoffmann:Hitler wie ihn keiner kennt (c. 1935)
[ RECREATION
Cut off from the noise and bustle of the cities, the Führer rests here on the great meadows near his little house from the exertions of the struggle. He then reads hostile newspapers and enjoys the fairy-tales they spread about him: champagne binges, Jewish girlfriends, luxury villa, French money . . . . . ]