2-491-634 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Adolf Hitler at a New Year's reception, 1934. Hitler (1889-1945) in conversation with France's ambassador to Germany, André François-Poncet (1887-1978). François-Poncet was Ambassador to Germany from 1931 until 1938, witnessing Hitler's coming to power and his preparations for war. He was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned for three years during the Nazi occupation of France. A print from Adolf Hitler. Bilder aus dem Leben des Führers, Hamburg: Cigaretten/Bilderdienst Hamburg/Bahrenfeld, 1936.