Un álbum con 73 fotografías privadas nunca vistas de Adolf Hitler y otros altos funcionarios nazis realizadas durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial ha aparecido en Reino Unido y en buenas condiciones, informa 'The Daily Mail'.
El fotógrafo Edward Dean tomó el objeto como recuerdo cuando entró en el búnker de Berlín en el que se suicidaron el dictador nazi y su esposa, Eva Braun. Dean vendió el álbum a un coleccionista en los años 80 y, tras varias transacciones, se subastó.
En una de las imágenes se observa a Hitler ante una multitud de niños que le saludan, mientras que en otras instantáneas aparecen altos cargos del Tercer Reich, como el jefe de las SS, Heinrich Himmler, el máximo responsable de la propaganda nazi, Joseph Goebbels, o el comandante supremo de la Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering.
Tim Harper, de la empresa de substas C&T Auctions, considera que "podemos asegurar al 100 %" la veracidad del origen de este documento histórico —debido a que en su portada posee "una esvástica estilizada muy típica de las SS"— y asegura que "sabemos que era de Braun" porque fue "encontrado en su dormitorio".
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Another image shows him smiling in front of a crowd of children who are saluting him outside the Berghof building in the Bavarian mountains
The private photo album was seized as a souvenir by a British wartime photographer who entered Hitler's Berlin bunker a few weeks after the evil dictator and his wife Braun committed suicide there at the end of the war.
A Russian soldier used his bayonet to force open a locked drawer to discover the album alongside a broken perfume spray and underwear. The cover of the album still carries the aroma of the perfume seven decades on.
Photographer Edward Dean, who visited the bunker with celebrated journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, took ownership of the album.
Hesold the album to a collector in the 1980s who had it for 30 years. It was recently bought by another collector who is now selling it at auction.
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SS chief Heinrich Himmler, pictured left, is also depicted smiling at the camera while walking among trees
It contains 73 informal photos that would have been taken by a member of Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, possibly a bodyguard or even Braun herself as she does not appear in any.
To highlight the unrestricted access the photographer enjoyed, there is a close-up shot of Hitler's desk and his office in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.
Another image depicts the evil dictator sitting alone on the veranda at the Berghof studying some papers.
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The album contains 73 informal photos that would have been taken by a member of Hitler's inner circle, possibly a bodyguard or even his wife Braun herself - here Joseph Goebbels is shown addressing a crowd
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Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering can be seen climbing into a car in another of the images, above left, while the Berghof is shown in spring, above right, according to a caption written underneath the shot
im Harper, of C&T Auctions, said: 'We can say with 100 per cent certainty that this album was recovered from Hitler's bunker in Berlin in 1945.
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Another shows a 'sentry' in front of the headquarters - Hitler left the building for the last time in mid-1944 to run the final stages of the war from his eastern front headquarters in Poland
'Eva Braun was the 'first lady' of the Third Reich and without question this was with her at the last stages of the war in the Fuhrer Bunker in Berlin in 1945.
'Very few significant artefacts liberated from the Fuhrer Bunker in 1945 exist today in the open market, especially with such concrete provenance dating all the way back to the time of liberation.
'Photographs of Hitler were very carefully controlled to ensure they fitted in to the image the Nazis were trying to project of him.
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The pictures reveal the photographer's extraordinary access - with this one showing his private desk in his office at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin
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The Reich Chancellery's dark interiors and lavish furnishings are shown in this photograph which was captured inside one of the building's grand halls
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The extraordinary collection also shows Nazi officers merely relaxing on the grass at a time when their leader was causing mass destruction across the globe
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Tim Harper of C&T Auctions said: 'We can say with 100 per cent certainty that this album was recovered from Hitler's bunker in Berlin in 1945' - This picture shows Hitler with members of his inner circle
'So it is rare to come across easy-going photographs of him that wouldn't have got through the censorship, especially during the height of the Second World War.
'The one of him walking down the path outside the Berghof in a kind of a jocular pose giving an almost Charlie Chaplin-type salute is quite striking.
'There are quite a few pictures of Himmler which you didn't often get to see.
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The album, which also includes an image of the Berghof's garden terrace, pictured above, is expected to fetch £18,500 when it goes under the hammer
'It is almost for certain these photos were taken by somebody in her inner circle, possibly a bodyguard. It is also likely that Eva Braun would have taken some of them as she doesn't appear in any.
'The album is in very good condition. It has a stylised Swastika built into the binding, a very typical SS album cover.
'We know Braun owned it and that it belonged to her because of where it was found, in her bedroom.
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The album has a stylised Swastika built into the binding and auctioneers said it is in a 'very good condition'
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The private photo collection was seized as a souvenir by a British wartime photographer who entered Hitler's Berlin bunker a few weeks after the evil dictator and his wife Braun committed suicide there at the end of the war
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This picture shows a Nazi torchlight gathering similar to those held at Nuremberg where fascist supporters would gather to hear Hitler speaking each year
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Another shows a Nazi officer riding a horse, his armband adorned with a swastika clearly visible - the symbol would always be worn on the left hand side of the uniform
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The Deutschland Erwache standard, left, was frequently carried by Nazi troops as they marched in formation - the phrase means 'Germany awakens'. Pictured right is a swastika statue bearing Adolf Hitler's name as well as an Imperial Eagle symbol
'All the pictures are unpublished. They look like they were privately taken so would be unlikely to have been reprinted or published anywhere.
'There is a certain macabre aspect to it, given that it was owned and handled by evil people.
'But they were people who were right at the focus of history, a pivotal moment in time that culminated in the suicide of Adolf Hitler.
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A Russian soldier used his bayonet to force open a locked drawer to discover the album alongside a broken perfume spray and underwear - the album's cover still carries the aroma of the perfume seven decades on
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While the leader of Nazi Germany Hitler used several planes including the Junkers 52 aircraft, above, named 'Immelmann' after the First World War flying ace Max Immelmann.
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The Junkers G24, pictured, was another aircraft used in Nazi Germany during World War II, although primarily for freight transport.
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German forces also used biplanes, similar to the one pictured above, for reconnaissance missions
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One of this group of soldiers, pictured above left, can be seen performing the infamous Nazi salute - it was used as a greeting when the party was in control of Germany and was often accompanied with the phrase: 'Heil, mein Fuhrer'
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Nazi architecture, above left, relied primarily on natural materials to create intimidating buildings that would last for years - symbolising the party's desire for world domination. Pictured right is a group of Nazis visiting the Victory Column in the German capital Berlin.
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Auctioneer Tim Harper said: 'My guess is that the album will go to someone who wants a powerful and visual statement from history'
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The garages of the Berghof Nazi headquarters are seen in another image - two open-top vehicles are parked outside surrounded by Nazi officials while another watches from the property's balcony, left
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El fotógrafo Edward Dean tomó el objeto como recuerdo cuando entró en el búnker de Berlín en el que se suicidaron el dictador nazi y su esposa, Eva Braun. Dean vendió el álbum a un coleccionista en los años 80 y, tras varias transacciones, se subastó.
En una de las imágenes se observa a Hitler ante una multitud de niños que le saludan, mientras que en otras instantáneas aparecen altos cargos del Tercer Reich, como el jefe de las SS, Heinrich Himmler, el máximo responsable de la propaganda nazi, Joseph Goebbels, o el comandante supremo de la Luftwaffe, Hermann Goering.
Tim Harper, de la empresa de substas C&T Auctions, considera que "podemos asegurar al 100 %" la veracidad del origen de este documento histórico —debido a que en su portada posee "una esvástica estilizada muy típica de las SS"— y asegura que "sabemos que era de Braun" porque fue "encontrado en su dormitorio".
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Another image shows him smiling in front of a crowd of children who are saluting him outside the Berghof building in the Bavarian mountains
The private photo album was seized as a souvenir by a British wartime photographer who entered Hitler's Berlin bunker a few weeks after the evil dictator and his wife Braun committed suicide there at the end of the war.
A Russian soldier used his bayonet to force open a locked drawer to discover the album alongside a broken perfume spray and underwear. The cover of the album still carries the aroma of the perfume seven decades on.
Photographer Edward Dean, who visited the bunker with celebrated journalist and broadcaster Richard Dimbleby, took ownership of the album.
Hesold the album to a collector in the 1980s who had it for 30 years. It was recently bought by another collector who is now selling it at auction.
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SS chief Heinrich Himmler, pictured left, is also depicted smiling at the camera while walking among trees
It contains 73 informal photos that would have been taken by a member of Hitler's inner circle during the Second World War, possibly a bodyguard or even Braun herself as she does not appear in any.
To highlight the unrestricted access the photographer enjoyed, there is a close-up shot of Hitler's desk and his office in the Reich Chancellery in Berlin.
Another image depicts the evil dictator sitting alone on the veranda at the Berghof studying some papers.
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The album contains 73 informal photos that would have been taken by a member of Hitler's inner circle, possibly a bodyguard or even his wife Braun herself - here Joseph Goebbels is shown addressing a crowd
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Luftwaffe chief Hermann Goering can be seen climbing into a car in another of the images, above left, while the Berghof is shown in spring, above right, according to a caption written underneath the shot
im Harper, of C&T Auctions, said: 'We can say with 100 per cent certainty that this album was recovered from Hitler's bunker in Berlin in 1945.
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Another shows a 'sentry' in front of the headquarters - Hitler left the building for the last time in mid-1944 to run the final stages of the war from his eastern front headquarters in Poland
'Eva Braun was the 'first lady' of the Third Reich and without question this was with her at the last stages of the war in the Fuhrer Bunker in Berlin in 1945.
'Very few significant artefacts liberated from the Fuhrer Bunker in 1945 exist today in the open market, especially with such concrete provenance dating all the way back to the time of liberation.
'Photographs of Hitler were very carefully controlled to ensure they fitted in to the image the Nazis were trying to project of him.
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The pictures reveal the photographer's extraordinary access - with this one showing his private desk in his office at the Reich Chancellery in Berlin
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The Reich Chancellery's dark interiors and lavish furnishings are shown in this photograph which was captured inside one of the building's grand halls
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The extraordinary collection also shows Nazi officers merely relaxing on the grass at a time when their leader was causing mass destruction across the globe
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Tim Harper of C&T Auctions said: 'We can say with 100 per cent certainty that this album was recovered from Hitler's bunker in Berlin in 1945' - This picture shows Hitler with members of his inner circle
'So it is rare to come across easy-going photographs of him that wouldn't have got through the censorship, especially during the height of the Second World War.
'The one of him walking down the path outside the Berghof in a kind of a jocular pose giving an almost Charlie Chaplin-type salute is quite striking.
'There are quite a few pictures of Himmler which you didn't often get to see.
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The album, which also includes an image of the Berghof's garden terrace, pictured above, is expected to fetch £18,500 when it goes under the hammer
'It is almost for certain these photos were taken by somebody in her inner circle, possibly a bodyguard. It is also likely that Eva Braun would have taken some of them as she doesn't appear in any.
'The album is in very good condition. It has a stylised Swastika built into the binding, a very typical SS album cover.
'We know Braun owned it and that it belonged to her because of where it was found, in her bedroom.
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The album has a stylised Swastika built into the binding and auctioneers said it is in a 'very good condition'
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The private photo collection was seized as a souvenir by a British wartime photographer who entered Hitler's Berlin bunker a few weeks after the evil dictator and his wife Braun committed suicide there at the end of the war
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This picture shows a Nazi torchlight gathering similar to those held at Nuremberg where fascist supporters would gather to hear Hitler speaking each year
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Another shows a Nazi officer riding a horse, his armband adorned with a swastika clearly visible - the symbol would always be worn on the left hand side of the uniform
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The Deutschland Erwache standard, left, was frequently carried by Nazi troops as they marched in formation - the phrase means 'Germany awakens'. Pictured right is a swastika statue bearing Adolf Hitler's name as well as an Imperial Eagle symbol
'All the pictures are unpublished. They look like they were privately taken so would be unlikely to have been reprinted or published anywhere.
'There is a certain macabre aspect to it, given that it was owned and handled by evil people.
'But they were people who were right at the focus of history, a pivotal moment in time that culminated in the suicide of Adolf Hitler.
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A Russian soldier used his bayonet to force open a locked drawer to discover the album alongside a broken perfume spray and underwear - the album's cover still carries the aroma of the perfume seven decades on
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While the leader of Nazi Germany Hitler used several planes including the Junkers 52 aircraft, above, named 'Immelmann' after the First World War flying ace Max Immelmann.
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The Junkers G24, pictured, was another aircraft used in Nazi Germany during World War II, although primarily for freight transport.
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German forces also used biplanes, similar to the one pictured above, for reconnaissance missions
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One of this group of soldiers, pictured above left, can be seen performing the infamous Nazi salute - it was used as a greeting when the party was in control of Germany and was often accompanied with the phrase: 'Heil, mein Fuhrer'
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Nazi architecture, above left, relied primarily on natural materials to create intimidating buildings that would last for years - symbolising the party's desire for world domination. Pictured right is a group of Nazis visiting the Victory Column in the German capital Berlin.
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Auctioneer Tim Harper said: 'My guess is that the album will go to someone who wants a powerful and visual statement from history'
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The garages of the Berghof Nazi headquarters are seen in another image - two open-top vehicles are parked outside surrounded by Nazi officials while another watches from the property's balcony, left
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