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March 18, 2019 | Hitler
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Droog Introduction
In 1933-1936 many Hitler adorers traveled to Berchtesgaden in Bavaria, where Hitler owned Haus Wachenfeld, a villa on the Obersalzberg ('berg' meaning 'mountain'). From his terrace he watched the crowd - and sometimes he invited selected people to have tea with him. One of them was the seven year old girl Bernile Nienau, who was taken to the Obersalzberg by her mother. Hitler's personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann found her very photogenic and took for propaganda and financial reasons a large number of photos of Hitler with the girl.
In 1938 all contact stopped. Berni Nienau died on 5 October 1943 in Munich. Her mother Karoline Nienau-Helwig died in 1962. They are buried in the still existing Nienau family grave at the Westfriedhof in Munich. Sources: Bernile Nienau's official name was Rosa Bernile Nienau. She was called Bernile or Berni. In his memoires Hoffmann named her wrongly Berneli. As far as is known no one called her by her official first name, Rosa. Der lieben und
[undecipherable] Yet, this name is
handwritten on the photo which was sold on
November 13, 2018. This is a clear indication of
its doubtful nature, as using a wrong name is a
typical forger's mistake.
Heinrich Hoffmann ran his personal
Nazi media company, 'Heinrich Hoffmann. Verlag
national-sozialistischer Bilder' (Publishing
house for national socialist images), which
employed 300 workers. He became NSDAP-member
in 1920, and he had many privileges. He was
Hitler's personal art advisor. Hitler gave him
the 'Professor' title in 1938.
On
December
29, 2007 the English 'historian' David Irving
published the photo of Hitler and Bernile, with
a handwritten text on it and flowers glued unto
it, on his site, Radical's
Diary. He wrote:
This raises the following questions:
The copy of the Hoffmann photo with flowers on Irving's site. It is exactly the same picture (with attached flowers and a handwritten text) which was sold by Alexander Historical Auctions on November 13, 2018 for $ 11,250.- Irving continued:
This
raises
even more questions: why did Hitler name her
'Rosa'? Everyone called her Bernile or Berni.
To us, this is a clear indication that the
picture with the handwritten text is a
fabrication, made by a rather stupid forger,
who used the wrong name when he wrote the text
on this authentic picture, somewhere after
1945.
Imagine this: one of the most brutal dicatators ever glueing flowers on a postcard for a little child. This is also a typical forger's error: in their desire to make an item look as authentic as can be, they often make it to good to be true. As in this case. Then, Irving presents another photo of Bernile and Hitler,
with this text:
Indeed,
this
is a clear indication that the whole story of
the postcards with attached flowers is a fairy
tale.
Don B. - Don Boyle Sources
Ian
Shapira. History or
hatred? Selling Hitler’s belongings and Nazi
artifacts stirs a Amazing
statements of the Auctionhouse The
Washington
Post interviewed Andreas Kornfeld,
Alexander Historical Auctions' vice
president of sales, who said that the
photograph's backstory stunned him when
he learned it. "I've seen
hundreds of Hitler autographs. I am
confident in the signature," Bill
Panagopulos of Alexander Historical
Auctions said. "And if I'm wrong? I'm on
the hook in perpetuity. We offer
Sources
On the American based site Germania International (PO Box 68, Lakemont, GA 30552), Third Reich memorabilia can be bought. Including items signed by Adolf Hitler, or by people who have imitated his signature. It's quite a pastime for some folks, apparently.
Anyhow: the company behind this site sold
the same picture of Bernile and Hitler as was sold
in Chesapeake, November 2018. With even more
elaborated 'proof'. This one had no flowers
attached, but carried a handwritten text and
signature attributed to Hitler.
Source: Item AHSIG 1-8. 'Germania', PO
Box 68, Lakemont, GA 30552, USA . [Seen
14-11-2018].
The auction in 2018
To give all
these claims credibility, the auction
house added this:
Lot #1:
Adolf Hitler inscribes a photo to Rosa Berline
Nienau - a young Jewish girl who became his
sweetheart". Alexander Historical Auctions,
13-11-2018.
1932
or
1933 - Heinrich
Hoffmann photographs Hitler and Bernile
Nienau. It's in the 1930's depicted in
several books and magazines and can be
bought as postcard throughout Germany.
Sources The relevant passages from Hoffmanns book - in German and English
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English
translation (via Google Translate, slightly
edited):
Photos of
Hitler and other childern DROOG- tijdschrift voor diepgravende
onderzoeks-journalistiek. Droog, onafhankelijk en ter
zake. Over zaken uit heden en verleden die er toe doen
of deden. Zaken die meer aandacht vragen dan in een
artikel van een of twee papieren pagina’s gegeven kan
worden.
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