Rare pictures of Hitler emerge from glass photo negatives, like parts of a puzzle
A National Archives expert has digitized hundreds of the photos taken by Hitler's photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann. Written By: Washington Post | × Adolf Hitler speaking at a rally. Photo credit: National Archives and Records Administration. WASHINGTON - Richard Schneider carefully spread the broken pieces of the glass photo negative on the light table at the National Archives and, wearing green rubber gloves, put them together like the parts of a puzzle. A ghostly image emerged that Schneider recognized. "The face, and the mustache, and those eyes," he said. It was Adolf Hitler, sitting st...