HITLERS CHRISTMAS PARTY

Photos made by Adolf Hitler's personal photographer Hugo Jaeger capture the scene at a Christmas party thrown by Hitler for high-ranking members of the Nazi Party

!urrounded by fellow Nazis" Adolf Hitler presides o#er a Christmas party !wastika armbands $arringly offset the glint of ornaments and tinsel% candles illuminate the festi#e scene

After Hitler" &ussolini and the Japanese had dragged the Allies into the !econd 'orld 'ar" the (eich)s focus had shifted to more practical matters (ather than trying to dissuade millions of *ermans from celebrating Christmas the way they had for generations" Hitler" *oebbels and the rest instead encouraged their compatriots to send cards and care packages to the troops