42 Nazi Leadership Portraits 1939

[David Thompson]

These portraits were scanned from Santoro, Cesare, "Hitler Germany, As Seen by a Foreigner," Internationaler Verlag, Berlin: 1939. The captions are from the original text:

2. Field Marshal and Minister-President Hermann Goering. Air Minister.
3. Rudolf Hess, the Fuehrer's Deputy.
4. Reich Minister Baron von Neurath. Head of the Secret Cabinet.

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Part 2:

5. Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
6. Minister of Propaganda Dr. Joseph Goebbels
7. Minister of the Interior Dr. Wilhelm Frick

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Part 3

8. Minister of Industries Walter Funk
9. Minister Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. President of the Reichsbank
10. Minister of Agriculture R. Walther Darré. Reich Leader of Farmers

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Part 4

11. Minister of Finance Count Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk
12. Minister of Communication Dr. Julius Dorpmueller
13. Minister of Labor Franz Seldte

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Part 5

14. Minister Dr. Heinrich Lammers, Head of the Reich Chancellery
15. Minister of Education Bernhard Rust
16. Minister of Justice Dr. Franz Guertner

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Part 6

17. Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs Hans Kerrl
18. Minister Dr. Hans Frank, Head of the German Law Academy
19. Minister of Posts and Telegraphs Wilhelm Ohnesorge

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Part 7

20. Colonel-General Keitel, Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht
21. Dr. Robert Ley, Leader of the German Labor Front
22. Colonel-General von Brauchitsch, Chief of the Supreme Council for National Defense

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Part 8

23. General-Admiral Dr. Raeder, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy
24. Minister Dr. Otto L.E. Meissner, Head of the Chancellery
25. Secretary of State Konstantin Hierl, Head of the Labour Service

[Michael Miller]

Great pictures, David- Many of them totally new to me.

Thanks for depositing them here- hope you don't mind that I've made this a "sticky" thread (so it doesn't disappear after a few days).

Best wishes,
~ Mike

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Part 9

26. Secretary of State Dr. Dietrich. Reich Chief of the Press
27. Secretary of State Hanke. Propaganda Ministry
28. Reichsleiter Alfred Rosenberg

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Part 10

29. Viktor Lutze, Chief of Staff of the SA
30. Heinrich Himmler, Head of the SS and Head of the German Police
31. Adolf Huehnlein, Head of the National Motor Corps

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Part 11

32. Secretary of State E.W. Bohle, Head of the Foreign Organization
33. Ernst von Weizsaecker, Secretary of State in the Foreign Office
34. Baldur von Schirach, Leader of German Youth Movement

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Part 12

35. Wilhelm Kleinmann, Secretary of State in Ministry of Communications
36. Fritz Reinhardt, Secretary of State in Ministry of Finance
37. Hans von Tschammer und Osten, Secretary of State and Reich Sports Leader

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Part 13

38. Gauleiter Josef Buerckel, Reich Commissioner for Austria and the Saar Territory
39. Dr. Artur Seyss-Inquart, Reichsstatthalter in Austria
40. Dr. Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Minister for Austrian Affairs

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Part 14 (Final)

41. Frau Gertrud Scholz-Klink, Reich Leader of Women
42. Dr. Fritz Todt, Inspector-General for Roads
43. Ferd. Schramm, Head of the Reich Trades Federation