Hugo Jaeger
Personal photographer of Adolf Hitler / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hugo Jaeger (18 January 1900 ā 1 January 1970) was the former personal photographer of Adolf Hitler. He travelled with Hitler in the years leading up to and throughout World War II and took around 2,000 colour photographs of the German dictator and various events connected with criminal policy of Nazi Germany during the Spanish Civil War[1] and the Second World War for example the invasion of Poland,[2] Polish soldiers as prisoners of war resting after the lost battle against Germans, destruction of Warsaw and persecution of Jews by the German Nazis in Kutno during the Holocaust and infamous Warsaw Ghetto where people were just prisoners in the heart of the modern city during the Holocaust. Jaeger was one of the few photographers who were using color photography techniques at the time, especially Agfacolor invented in 1936.[3]
Hugo Jaeger | |
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Born | 18 January 1900 |
Died | 1 January 1970 (1970-02) (aged 69) |
Citizenship | German |
Occupation | Photographer |
Years active | 1936ā1945 |
Employer | Adolf Hitler |
Known for | Privately photographing Adolf Hitler and WWII |