LAH099 “Hitler & His Dog”

Although often ill-at-ease with people Hitler, a life-long vegetarian, genuinely loved animals… especially dogs. Here, he wears his simple field gray jacket adorned with his party badge, Iron Cross First Class, Imperial German Wound Badge and black trousers.

By his side is his faithful German Shepherd… “Blondi”… Together they would die in his Berlin bunker in May 1945.

“Life at the Berghof”

In 1933, Adolf Hitler purchased a simple Alpine cottage in the Obersalzberg in Southern Germany. For most of the next 12 years this was to be his mountain retreat where he could relax among his friends and closest associates.

During that time the Berghof evolved to become the Fuhrer’s Southern headquarters of the Third Reich, second only to Berlin in its importance.

Here, for the first time, is an important addition to the “Berlin ‘38” series showing the more domestic, seldom-seen, side of Hitler and his henchmen.