Walter Frentz is a German photographer, cameraman and director. Adolf Hitler's personal photographer. One of the key figures in the system of visual propaganda of the Third Reich.
Received a degree in electrical engineering. During his studies, he met Albert Speer, who later introduced and recommended him to Leni Riefenstahl. Before the outbreak of World War II, he worked as a cameraman at the Universum Film AG studio, in particular, he was a cameraman for Leni Riefenstahl on the set of documentaries Triumph of the Will (1935) and Olympia (about the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin). In 1939, Franz took color photographs of Moscow. In 1938 he joined the Luftwaffe and, accompanying Hitler, filmed the Anschluss of Austria. V. Frentz was not a member of the NSDAP, but in 1941 he was admitted to the ranks of the SS. It happened during the visit of W. Frentz to Minsk together with the Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler in the summer of 1941. On August 15, 1941, Walter Frentz wrote in his diary:
"Breakfast with the Reichsfuehrer SS in Minsk, a prison camp, execution, lunch at the Government House, a mental hospital, a collective farm. The Reichsfuehrer SS took two Belarusian boys with him (to be sent to Berlin). He was accepted into the ranks of the SS by Lieutenant General Wolf."
He witnessed mass executions in Minsk.
As a newsreel operator (UFA-Wochenschau) he was sent by the Fuhrer's Headquarters (Führerhauptquartier) to film the invaders' invasion of Warsaw and Paris. In addition to his official duties, Franz played the role of a private photographer for Hitler and his inner circle. Along with Heinrich Hoffmann, he was the only photographer who had access to Adolf Hitler, who specialized in color photography. From 1939 to 1945 he was a regular correspondent for the propaganda film magazine "German Weekly Review".
Among his color photography:
Numerous portraits of dignitaries of the Third Reich;
. occupied Minsk (1941) and Sevastopol (1942);
. special objects: the Atlantic Wall (1943), a factory for the production of V-2 and V-4 retaliatory weapons, Dora guns;
. the destruction of the cities of Dresden, Berlin, Frankfurt am Main, Munich and others (1945).
He was interned by the Americans and spent several months in a camp in Hammelburg.
Walter Frentz (Walter Frentz, 1907-2004), a former cameraman and photographer at Hitler's Headquarters, in a prison cell in Frankfurt am Main. 1945 - 1946 After his arrest (05/22/1945), Franz was sent to an American camp for German internment in Hammelburg (Lower Franconia) and stayed there until 1946.
Martin Bormann (right) - "Hitler's shadow". Hitler's personal secretary, head of the Fuhrer's office. By the end of World War II, he had gained considerable influence as a personal secretary, controlling the flow of information and access to Hitler.
Adolf Hitler and representatives of the High Command of the Wehrmacht at the military training ground in Rügenwalde (Rügenwalde) in Pomerania.
A. Hitler and SS Reichsfuehrer G. Himmler, accompanied by SS generals and officers, for a walk near the Berghof residence.
Preparations for the launch of the German ballistic missile "V-2" (V 2) at the military training ground "Heidelager" (Heidelager) near Blizny (Blizna) in Poland.
The building of the Ministry of Education and Propaganda on Wilhelmplatz Square in Berlin, destroyed by British air bombs. In the background is a surviving building built for the Ministry in 1938. The picture was taken presumably from the window of the old "Imperial Chancellery".
Destroyed as a result of an Allied raid, the building of the old Imperial Chancellery "on Wilhelmstrasse 77 in Berlin. Presumably March 14, 1945
Adolf Hitler in the basement of the "Imperial Chancellery" in front of the layout of the restructuring of the city of Linz. The model was delivered from the workshop of the architect Hermann Giesler (1898-1987) in Munich to Berlin in February 1945 and placed in the basement of the "Imperial Chancellery", where lighting fixtures were installed to simulate different times of the day. At this time, Hitler often went down to the layout to distract himself from the stalemate on the fronts.
On March 19, 1943, Adolf Hitler (center), Albert Speer (right) and other dignitaries arrived at the training ground in Rügenwald (now Darlowo, Poland), where they were presented with the super-heavy 800-mm Dora railway gun (80-cm- Kanone (E) and prototype self-propelled guns Sd.Kfz.184 "Ferdinand".
Such toys were played by the chief of the Luftwaffe Goering
A Wehrmacht lieutenant and a German draftsman work on a photocopy table at Hitler's Wolfsschanze Headquarters.
Adolf Hitler and German officers walking their dogs at Rastenburg headquarters. Winter 1942-1943.
Blondie portrait
A. Hitler's personal secretary Gertraud (Traudl) Humps (Gertraud "Traudl" Humps, 1920-2002) on the terrace of the Berghof residence in Obersalzberg. In June 1943, G. Humps married Hitler's valet Hans Hermann Junge.
Adolf Hitler and General Jodl (Alfred Jodl) at the map of military operations at the Wolfschanze headquarters.
Adolf Hitler and Aviation Minister Hermann Goering surrounded by officers. The picture was taken during the demonstration of the self-propelled guns "Hetzer" on the birthday of Hitler.
SS Reichsführer Heinrich Himmler, SS Brigadeführer and Hitler's personal dentist Hugo Blaschke, SS Brigadeführer and representative of the German Foreign Ministry at Hitler's main headquarters Walter Hevel and head of the NSDAP Party Chancellery Reichsleiter Martin Bormann on the terrace of Hitler's Berghof residence. Spring 1943
Adolf Hitler at the Berghof residence in early April 1944
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini, 1883-1945) and Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel (Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel, 1882-1946) at the Feltre airfield.
German aircraft designers Ernst Heinkel (1888 - 1958) and Claude Dornier (Claude Honoré Desiré Dornier, 1884 - 1969) at Hitler's Berghof residence.
Portrait of Adolf Hitler in the cabin during the flight. 1942 - 1943
Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler talks to a local boy during an inspection tour of Belarus. This and another boy were sent to an orphanage in Germany. Next to Himmler is the head of the personal staff of the Reichsfuhrer SS Karl Wolf and the head of the "escort of the Reichsfuehrer SS" and bodyguard Josef Kirmeier, on the right is most likely a translator from the "order police".
Soviet children from the Novinki village near Minsk. The picture was taken during the inspection of the Reichsführer SS Heinrich Himmler of Minsk and its environs.
German gunners at the gunners' sights in the coastal turret of the 105-mm cannon (10.5 cm S.K.C/32) of the Atlantic Wall.
The basement of the demolished monument to Lenin in front of the Government House in occupied Minsk.
Destroyed by the explosion that occurred on 11/03/1941, the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
The barrack (Lagebaracke), in which meetings were held on the situation on the fronts at Hitler's headquarters "Wolfschanze". On July 20, 1944, an attempt on Hitler's life took place there.
German gunners at the 75-mm field gun model 1897 (Canon de 75 mle 1897 Schneider) on the battery of the Atlantic Wall. The German designation for the gun is 75 mm FK 231(f).
Fuel tanks of V-2 (V-2) rockets on the assembly line in tunnel "B" of the Dora-Mittelbau underground plant.
The wreckage of a German V-2 (V 2) rocket in the Blizna area after an unsuccessful launch from the Heidelager test site in Poland.
Portrait of an artillery commander of the Red Army in German captivity.
Portrait of a Red Army soldier in a POW camp in Belarus.
SS Obersturmbannführer, authorized to carry out the euthanasia program and personal physician of A. Hitler Karl Brandt (Karl Brandt, 1904-1948) examines the jaw of a captured Red Army soldier in a prisoner of war camp in Belarus.
Portrait of a cook at Hitler's Headquarters, Otto Günther, who received the nickname Krümel ("Baby") at headquarters.
A. Hitler in front of the layout of the restructuring of the city of Linz in the workshop of the architect G. Giesler (Hermann Giesler, 1898-1987) in Munich.
Chief of Staff of the Operational Command of the Wehrmacht High Command, Major General Alfred Jodl (Alfred Jodl, in the foreground), Adolf Hitler and Chief of Staff of the Wehrmacht High Command, Colonel General W. Keitel (Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel) discuss the course of the war with France at the map in the main Felsennest headquarters near Bad Münstereifel. Behind them is A. Jodl's adjutant, Major Willy Deyhle.
Reichsfuehrer SS Heinrich Himmler inspects a psychiatric hospital in the village of Novinki near Minsk.
Gauleiter of Danzig-West Prussia Albert Forster (Albert Forster, 1902-1952) plays the guitar at the wedding of Hitler's personal secretary Gerda Daranovski (Gerda Daranovski, 1913-1997) and Lieutenant Colonel of the Luftwaffe at the main rate Eckhard Christian (Eckhard Christian, 1907-1985).
Adolf Hitler and Berlin Inspector General for Construction Albert Speer select stone samples for the construction of a new building in Berlin. The photo was taken in the courtyard of the new Imperial Chancellery.
Inspector General of Berlin for Construction Albert Speer (Albert Speer, 1905-1981) in the cap of the SS troops during a car trip in Belgium. Speer was not a member of the SS, and the cap was not part of his everyday clothes and uniform.
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School photo 1901 
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Hitler with Emmy and Edda Goering. 1940 Emmy Goering - German actress, second wife of Hermann Goering. Since the then Reich Chancellor and Reich President of Germany, Adolf Hitler, did not have a wife, Emmy Goering was tacitly considered the “first lady” of Germany and, in this capacity, along with Magda Goebbels, who tried to play the same role, led various charity events. 
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Hitler visits one of the officers, just like him, who suffered from an unsuccessful assassination attempt on him on July 20, 1944. After the assassination attempt, Hitler was unable to stay on his feet all day, as more than 100 fragments were removed from his legs. In addition, he had a dislocation of his right arm, the hair on the back of his head was scorched, and his eardrums were damaged. I was temporarily deaf in my right ear. He ordered that the execution of the conspirators be turned into humiliating torment, filmed and photographed. Subsequently, he personally watched this film. 
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Hitler presents Reichsmarschall Göring with Hans Makart's Lady with a Falcon (1880). Both Hitler and Goering were passionate art collectors: by 1945, Hitler's collection consisted of 6,755 paintings, Goering's collection 1,375. , were confiscated from the museums of the countries occupied by Germany. Disputes over the legal status of some paintings from the former collections of the leaders of Nazi Germany are still going on. 
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According to the official version, Hitler, along with his wife Eva Braun, committed suicide on April 30, after killing his beloved dog Blondie. In Russian historiography, the point of view was established that Hitler took poison (potassium cyanide, like most Nazis who committed suicide), however, according to eyewitnesses, he shot himself. There is also a version according to which Hitler, having taken an ampoule of poison into his mouth and bit through it, simultaneously shot himself with a pistol (thus using both instruments of death). 
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According to witnesses from among the attendants, even the day before, Hitler gave the order to deliver canisters of gasoline from the garage (to destroy the bodies). On April 30, after dinner, Hitler said goodbye to people from his inner circle and, shaking hands with them, retired to his apartment with Eva Braun, from where the sound of a shot was soon heard. Shortly after 3:15 pm, Hitler's servant Heinz Linge, accompanied by his adjutant Otto Günsche, Goebbels, Bormann and Axmann, entered the Fuhrer's quarters. Dead Hitler sat on the couch; there was a blood stain on his temple.
Eva Braun lay next to her, with no visible external injuries. Günsche and Linge wrapped Hitler's body in a soldier's blanket and carried it into the garden of the Reich Chancellery; Eve's body was carried out after him. The corpses were placed near the entrance to the bunker, doused with gasoline and burned. In the photo: the charred corpse of Hitler at the examination carried out by Soviet specialists. 
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There are a number of conspiracy theories claiming that Hitler did not commit suicide, but escaped. According to the most popular version, the Fuhrer and Eva Braun, leaving doubles in their place, disappeared into South America, where they lived safely under false names until old age. The photo allegedly depicts 75-year-old Hitler on his deathbed. 
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A 1945 FBI montage in case Hitler tried to hide by disguising himself. 
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Hitler in Landsberg Prison during a visit by party comrades, including Rudolf Hess. 1924
Hitler's parents: Clara and Alois
Giler's birth certificate. 1989 Braunau, Austria
Little Hitler (third from left in the bottom row) with classmates. Fischlham, Austria. 1895
School photograph 1901
Hitler in the crowd at Odeonplatz during the mobilization of the German army during the First World War. Munich, August 2, 1914
Volunteer Hitler (right) in the 2nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment of the Bavarian Army during the First World War. 1916
Hitler (back row, second from right) in a military hospital. 1918
Rising star of German politics. 1921
During the election campaign of 1923.
Hitler was released from Landsberg Prison where he wrote "Mein Kampf". December 1924
Hitler in shorts, 1924 “Some photos of Adolf Hitler look like a jester, but they prove that he experimented with his image. Those. Hitler was a very modern politician for his time,” reads the preface to the book “Hitler Was My Friend” by Heinrich Hoffmann, who was Hitler’s personal photographer.
"Apocalyptic, visionary, compelling." Staged photoset by Heinrich Hoffmann. 1925
The face of Nazism.
Portrait 1932
At the laying of a new Reichsbank building. May 1932
Speech at the trial in Leipzig 1933
Hitler visiting his prison cell at Landsberg Prison, where he wrote "Mein Kampf" ten years ago. 1934
At a mass Nazi rally in Bückenburg, 1934
Hitler and Goebbels signing autographs at the 1936 Olympics
Hitler says goodbye to those present leaving the New Year's banquet. Berlin, 1936
At someone's wedding
Thanksgiving in Bückeburg. 1937
On the construction of the autobahn
Hitler receives a standing ovation in the Reichstag after the announcement of the "peaceful" annexation of Austria. 1938
Hitler in brown Nazi clothing during an outdoor speech in Austria. 1938
At a rehearsal of the Leopoldhall Orchestra in Munich. 1938
During a visit to the occupied Sudetenland in the town of Graslitz. 1938
At a Nazi rally in Eger, Czechoslovakia. 1938
With Austrian fans. 1939
May Day rally at the stadium in 1939. With the coming to power of Hitler, May 1 received official status in 1933. The date was called "National Labor Day". A day after the introduction, the Nazis broke into the premises of the trade unions and banned them.
At a Nazi rally
at the theater in Charlottenburg. May 1939
On board the Robert Ley on its maiden voyage.
Hitler with guests at the table in his residence in Obersalzberg. 1939
During lunch on the front line. 1940
In Paris. 1940
At a Christmas banquet with German generals. 1941
"Friend of the Children"
Hitler with Emmy and Edda Goering. 1940 Emmy Goering - German actress, second wife of Hermann Goering. Since the then Reich Chancellor and Reich President of Germany, Adolf Hitler, did not have a wife, Emmy Goering was tacitly considered the “first lady” of Germany and, in this capacity, along with Magda Goebbels, who tried to play the same role, led various charity events.
"Friend of the Animals"
Hitler and Eva Braun with their Scottish Terriers.
Hitler also had a shepherd named Blondie.
Reading the morning press.
Hitler and Eva Braun. 1943
Hitler, Goering and Guderian are discussing the Ardennes operation. October 1944
Hitler visits one of the officers, just like him, who suffered from an unsuccessful assassination attempt on him on July 20, 1944. After the assassination attempt, Hitler was unable to stay on his feet all day, as more than 100 fragments were removed from his legs. In addition, he had a dislocation of his right arm, the hair on the back of his head was scorched, and his eardrums were damaged. I was temporarily deaf in my right ear. He ordered that the execution of the conspirators be turned into humiliating torment, filmed and photographed. Subsequently, he personally watched this film.
Hitler presents Reichsmarschall Göring with Hans Makart's Lady with a Falcon (1880). Both Hitler and Goering were passionate art collectors: by 1945, the Hitler collection consisted of 6,755 paintings, the Goering collection - 1,375. Paintings were acquired (including at reduced prices with the help of threats) by agents working for Hitler and Goering, donated , were confiscated from the museums of the countries occupied by Germany. Disputes over the legal status of some paintings from the former collections of the leaders of Nazi Germany are still going on.
One of latest photos Hitler. The Fuhrer in the garden of the Imperial Chancellery rewards the young members of the Hitler Youth brigade, mobilized to defend Berlin.
According to the official version, Hitler, along with his wife Eva Braun, committed suicide on April 30, after killing his beloved dog Blondie. In Russian historiography, the point of view was established that Hitler took poison (potassium cyanide, like most Nazis who committed suicide), however, according to eyewitnesses, he shot himself. There is also a version according to which Hitler, having taken an ampoule of poison into his mouth and bit through it, simultaneously shot himself with a pistol (thus using both instruments of death).
According to witnesses from among the attendants, even the day before, Hitler gave the order to deliver canisters of gasoline from the garage (to destroy the bodies). On April 30, after dinner, Hitler said goodbye to people from his inner circle and, shaking hands with them, retired to his apartment with Eva Braun, from where the sound of a shot was soon heard. Shortly after 3:15 pm, Hitler's servant Heinz Linge, accompanied by his adjutant Otto Günsche, Goebbels, Bormann and Axmann, entered the Fuhrer's quarters. Dead Hitler sat on the couch; there was a blood stain on his temple. Eva Braun lay next to her, with no visible external injuries. Günsche and Linge wrapped Hitler's body in a soldier's blanket and carried it into the garden of the Reich Chancellery; Eve's body was carried out after him. The corpses were placed near the entrance to the bunker, doused with gasoline and burned. In the photo: the charred corpse of Hitler at the examination carried out by Soviet specialists.
A 1945 FBI montage in case Hitler tried to hide by disguising himself.
There are a number of conspiracy theories claiming that Hitler did not commit suicide, but escaped. According to the most popular version, the Fuhrer and Eva Braun, leaving doubles in their place, hid in South America, where they lived safely under false names until old age. The photo allegedly depicts 75-year-old Hitler on his deathbed:
Adolf Hitler in 1924 at the Landsberg prison while being visited by party comrades, including Rudolf Hess.
Adolf Hitler's parents: Clara and Alois Hitler
Birth certificate of Adolf Giler. Braunau, Austria
Little Adolf in 1895 (bottom row, third from left) with classmates. Fischlham, Austria. 1895
School photo of Adolf Hitler. 1901
School photo. 1904
Mobilization of the German army in August 1914, Munich. Fragment with Hitler enlarged
1916 Volunteer soldier Adolf Hitler (right). Bavarian Army, 2nd Bavarian Infantry Regiment
1918, military hospital. Adolf Hitler is second from the right in the back row.
1923 Hitler during the election campaign.
December 1924. Adolf Hitler after his release from Landsberg Prison, where he wrote Mein Kampf.
1924 Adolf in shorts. 
1925 year. Staged photoset by Heinrich Hoffmann. "Apocalyptic, visionary, compelling." 
The face of National Socialism.
1932 portrait of Adolf Hitler
May 1932. Groundbreaking for the new branch of the Reichsbank.
1933, Hitler speaks in Leipzig at a court hearing.
1934, Adolf Hitler visits his prison cell 10 years later.
1934 rally in Bückenburg.
Olympic Games 1936. In the photo, Joseph Goebbels and Adolf Hitler are signing autographs. 
1936 Hitler leaves the New Year's banquet in Berlin.
Hitler at someone's wedding
1937 Thanksgiving Day, Bückeburg.
Autobahn construction 
1938 Hitler in the Reichstag after the announcement of the Anschluss of Austria.
Hitler's speech
Hitler in SA uniform. 1938
Munich, 1938 Rehearsal of the Leopoldhall Orchestra.
1938, Adolf Hitler in Graslitz, Sudetenland
1938, Eger, Czechoslovakia. Rally. 
1939 Adolf Hitler with Austrian fans.
May Day rally at the stadium in 1939. With the coming to power of Hitler, May 1 received official status in 1933. The date was called "National Labor Day". A day after the introduction, the Nazis broke into the premises of the trade unions and banned them.
At a Nazi rally
at the theater in Charlottenburg. May 1939
On board the Robert Ley on its maiden voyage.
Hitler with guests at the table in his residence in Obersalzberg. 1939
During lunch on the front line. 1940
In Paris. 1940
At a Christmas banquet with German generals. 1941
"Children's Friend"
Hitler with Emmy and Edda Goering. 1940 Emmy Goering - German actress, second wife of Hermann Goering. Since the then Reich Chancellor and Reich President of Germany, Adolf Hitler, did not have a wife, Emmy Goering was tacitly considered the “first lady” of Germany and, in this capacity, along with Magda Goebbels, who tried to play the same role, led various charity events.
"Friend of the Animals"
Hitler and Eva Braun with Scottish Terriers.
Hitler with his Blondie Shepherd 
Reading the morning press.
Hitler and Eva Braun. 1943
Hitler, Goering and Guderian are discussing the Ardennes operation. October 1944
Hitler visits one of the officers, just like him, who suffered from an unsuccessful assassination attempt on him on July 20, 1944. After the assassination attempt, Hitler was unable to stay on his feet all day, as more than 100 fragments were removed from his legs. In addition, he had a dislocation of his right arm, the hair on the back of his head was scorched, and his eardrums were damaged. I was temporarily deaf in my right ear. He ordered that the execution of the conspirators be turned into humiliating torment, filmed and photographed. Subsequently, he personally watched this film.
Hitler presents Reichsmarschall Göring with Hans Makart's Lady with a Falcon (1880). Both Hitler and Goering were passionate art collectors: by 1945, the Hitler collection consisted of 6,755 paintings, the Goering collection - 1,375. Paintings were acquired (including at reduced prices with the help of threats) by agents working for Hitler and Goering, donated , were confiscated from the museums of the countries occupied by Germany. Disputes over the legal status of some paintings from the former collections of the leaders of Nazi Germany are still going on.
One of the last photos of Hitler. The Fuhrer in the garden of the Imperial Chancellery rewards the young members of the Hitler Youth brigade, mobilized to defend Berlin.
According to the official version, Hitler, along with his wife Eva Braun, committed suicide on April 30, after killing his beloved dog Blondie. In Russian historiography, the point of view was established that Hitler took poison (potassium cyanide, like most Nazis who committed suicide), however, according to eyewitnesses, he shot himself. There is also a version according to which Hitler, having taken an ampoule of poison into his mouth and bit through it, simultaneously shot himself with a pistol (thus using both instruments of death).
According to witnesses from among the attendants, even the day before, Hitler gave the order to deliver canisters of gasoline from the garage (to destroy the bodies). On April 30, after dinner, Hitler said goodbye to people from his inner circle and, shaking hands with them, retired to his apartment with Eva Braun, from where the sound of a shot was soon heard. Shortly after 3:15 pm, Hitler's servant Heinz Linge, accompanied by his adjutant Otto Günsche, Goebbels, Bormann and Axmann, entered the Fuhrer's quarters. Dead Hitler sat on the couch; there was a blood stain on his temple. Eva Braun lay next to her, with no visible external injuries. Günsche and Linge wrapped Hitler's body in a soldier's blanket and carried it into the garden of the Reich Chancellery; Eve's body was carried out after him. The corpses were placed near the entrance to the bunker, doused with gasoline and burned. In the photo: the charred corpse of Hitler at the examination carried out by Soviet specialists.
A 1945 FBI montage in case Hitler tried to hide by disguising himself.
There are a number of conspiracy theories claiming that Hitler did not commit suicide, but escaped. According to the most popular version, the Fuhrer and Eva Braun, leaving doubles in their place, hid in South America, where they lived safely under false names until old age. The photo allegedly depicts 75-year-old Hitler on his deathbed:
