Illustrierter Beobachter

Illustrierter Beobachter (IB; Illustrated Review; 1926-45), the Nazi Party's weekly magazine, launched in recognition of photojournalism's growing importance in German cultural and political life. From 1930 it became an important vehicle for the Führer cult surrounding Hitler, and between 1933 and 1945 Hitler pictures (mostly taken by Heinrich Hoffmann) appeared on 207 IB covers. It is thus an important source for the evolution of photographic Hitler propaganda; but also, given its use of photomontage and other modern techniques, for the history of photojournalism generally.

— Robin Lenman

Bibliography

• Herz, R., Hoffmann & Hitler: Fotografie als Medium des Führer-Mythos (1994)