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Here is a snippet from Hoffmanns memoirs regarding the publication of this book

“Little Berneli, as the child was named, became Hitler’s admitted sweetheart, and many were the snaps I took of them on the terrace together. Her father, we found, was an ex-officer, who had won the Iron Cross, Class I. Then one of the many over-zealous busybodies of the Party, who knew the family and had nothing better to do than to scurry to Bormann and tell him that the child was not of pure Aryan descent. Bormann immediately forbade the mother and child ever to appear in Hitler’s presence again, but—and this was typical of the man—he did not tell Hitler what he had done. Later, when Hitler enquired what had become of his little friend, Bormann was merely evasive. A real row started, however, when Bormann saw the photo of Hitler and the little girl together in my book. In great excitement he demanded that the photograph should be forthwith removed, and when I told him that this was technically not possible, he demanded that the whole book should be scrapped. This was too much of a good thing! Without further ado, I went straight to Hitler, told him the whole story and asked him to decide the issue. Hitler always hated it when he was faced with anything which he found irksome or embarrassing, and this time his scorn was directed against those who had denounced the child. If they had held their stupid tongues, no harm would have been done; as it was, although he did not interfere with my book, he felt he had to be logical and refuse to see the child any more. There are some people,’ he told me, ‘who have a positive genius for spoiling all my little pleasures!’ So the book is not only rare, but these pictures along with Hoffmann’s story give a further insight into the man”