Dec 24, 2010 19:26:00

Valuable color photographs of the Führer's Christmas, the 1941 Nazi Christmas party

It

seems that some people in the past claimed that 'Hitler banned celebrating Christmas', but this is a misunderstanding, Hitler never banned Christmas and other Christian festivals, but rather aggressively. By holding a Nazi event, he used it for propaganda.

The color photographs of the Nazi Christmas party in 1941, taken by Hitler's photographer Hugo Jaeger, are valuable to convey the strange atmosphere of the time, even in a spectacular celebration mood. I am.

Inside a Nazi Christmas party hosted by Adolf Hitler, 1941 --Rare Historical Photos
https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/nazi-christmas-party-hitler-1941/

A Christmas party held in Munich on December 18, 1941.

Waffen-SS appearance of party personnel and cadets was held in Munich of the via hole that surrounds the gathering Nazi officials, which one person Hugo Jaeger of Hitler's Okakae photographers were taken.

A large amount of color film shot by Hugo Jaeger was buried in a glass bottle just before the end of the 1945 by Jaeger, who was afraid to be evidence of his ardent support for the Nazis, and was dug up 10 years later. , It was sold to LIFE magazine after another 10 years. In fact, it was almost discovered when the Allies searched for the house where Jaeger was staying before the photo was filled, but the Allied soldiers were hiding on the film in Cognac. He was distracted by the bottle and didn't notice the photo.

Since Christ was Jewish when he was born,

the birth of Christ is an inconvenient story for the Nazis who reject Jews. Before the war the Nazis, the winter solstice traditional of Germany to celebrate the there from the previous Christian paganism festival of 'Julefest ( Yule By revive the)' An attempt was made to eliminate the religious from Christmas. The lyrics of Christmas carols have been rewritten to create a Hakenkreuz- shaped cookie.

However, by 1941, after the war began, they could no longer afford such religious work, encouraging the public to 'help each other' for Christmas and encouraging frontline soldiers to send cards and parcels of relief supplies. that's right.

December 18, 1941, about 11 days after the attack on Pearl Harbor (December 7, 1941 local time), and a week after Germany declared war on the United States with Italy (December 11, 1941). During a difficult time on the Eastern Front, on December 16th, US President Roosevelt sent a congratulatory message on behalf of the Allies to Stalin, the Soviet Union, who succeeded in

defending Moscow. What does Hitler with a non-floating face think?

Not a photo by Hugo Jaeger, but here is a photo of Hitler (Santa Claus's right) and

Gering (Santa's left) celebrating Christmas with officers and their wives on December 25, 1944. This was the last Christmas for Hitler.

Exponat: Kollektives Gedächtnis: Friedrich Gerlach --Weihnachten 1944