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Series looking at the public image of ten world icons. This edition looks at how Adolf Hitler used photography to reinforce his public image and manipulate the media.

Adolf Hitler, the first state leader to have a totally manufactured image, used photography to hypnotise and corrupt a nation. In the 1930s, the photographer Heinrich Hoffmann transformed the young camera-shy politician into a figure of absolute power, helping to mastermind one of the most successful campaigns of mass manipulation in history.

Previously unseen private images of Hitler have been unearthed, taken by the photographers closest to him, including his mistress Eva Braun and his favourite photographer Walter Frentz - the man who had the opportunity to assassinate Hitler in 1944 but chose not to.

29 minutes

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Director Louise Hooper
Series Producer Chris Granlund
Executive Producer Kim Thomas

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