Propaganda played a crucial role in selling the myth of the "national community" (Volksgemeinschaft) to so-called "Aryan" Germans. The photograph on this cigarette card was taken by Nazi propagandist Heinrich Hoffman. It depicts a crowd of people smiling and giving the Nazi salute as a guard holds them back. Written in German, the caption on the back reads, "Every day the same picture: Fans welcome the leader."
Beginning in the 1920s, cigarette cards were a popular collectible item in Germany. This card was created around 1936 and was part of a series on the life of Adolf Hitler.
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