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The photos were taken by Hugo Jager, a former personal photographer of Adolf Hitler. He traveled with Hitler in the years leading up to power and throughout World War II. He was one of the few photographers who were using color photography techniques at the time. As the war was drawing to a close in 1945, Jaeger hid the photographs in a leather suitcase. He then encountered American soldiers prompting fears of potential arrest and prosecution for carrying around so many images of such a wanted man. When the soldiers opened the case however, their attention was distracted by a bottle of cognac they found there, which they opened and shared with Jaeger. Jaeger buried the photographs inside 12 glass jars outside Munich. The photographer returned to the burial place over several years to ensure they were safe. He dug up all of the photographs ten years later in 1955, storing them in a bank vault. In 1965, Jaeger sold them to Life magazine.

Ceremonial March

Adolf Hitler makes keynote address at Reichstag session, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, 1939.

Adolf Hitler and Joseph Goebbels (in box) at Charlottenburg Theatre, Berlin, 1939.

Annual midnight swearing-in of SS troops at Feldherrnhalle, Munich, 1938.

Reichserntedankfest, 1934.

1937 Reich Party Congress, Nuremberg, Germany.

Adolf Hitler salutes troops of the Condor Legion who fought alongside Spanish Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, during a rally upon their return to Germany, 1939.

Adolf Hitler speaking at the Lustgarten, Berlin, 1938.

Berlin illuminated at midnight in honor of Hitler’s 50th birthday, April 1939

Crowds cheering Adolf Hitler’s campaign to unite Austria and Germany, 1938.

League of German Girls dancing during the 1938 Reich Party Congress, Nuremberg, Germany.

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Nazi officials on their way to Fallersleben Volkswagen Works cornerstone ceremony, 1938.

Adolf Hitler at the swearing-in of SS standard bearers at the Reich Party Congress, Nuremberg, 1938.

Nuremberg, Germany, 1938.

Reich Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels speaking at the Lustgarten in Berlin, 1938.

Reich Party Congress, Nuremberg, Germany, 1938.

Reich Veterans Day, 1939

Scene along roadway to the Fallersleben Volkswagen Works cornerstone ceremony, Germany, 1938

Volkswagen Works cornerstone ceremony, near Wolfsburg, 1938.

Another image from Volkswagen Works cornerstone ceremony, near Wolfsburg, 1938.

The automobile engineer Ferdinand Porsche (in suit), Adolf Hitler and, immediately to Hitler's left, the head of the German Labour Front, Robert Ley, admire Hitler's birthday gift on his 50th birthday: a convertible Volkswagen.

Adolf Hitler at 50: Color Photos From a Despot’s Birthday, April 1939 |

The Ost-West-Achse (East-West Axis) in Berlin, site of a massive rally and parade in celebration of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday, April 20, 1939.

German troops goose-step past the reviewing stand during a massive rally and military parade in celebration of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthdayBerlin, April 20, 1939. (Hitler can be seen in center, reviewing troops.)

Read more: Adolf Hitler at 50: Color Photos From a Despot’s Birthday, April 1939 | LIFE.com https://life.time.com/history/adolf-hitler-at-50-color-photos-from-a-despots-birthday-april-1939/#ixzz3Yokz3CW0

Heavy artillery passes the reviewing stand during a military parade in celebration of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday, Berlin, April 20, 1939.

Read more: Adolf Hitler at 50: Color Photos From a Despot’s Birthday, April 1939 | LIFE.com https://life.time.com/history/adolf-hitler-at-50-color-photos-from-a-despots-birthday-april-1939/#ixzz3Yol7R86N

Adolf Hitler shakes hands with one of his personal photographers, Heinrich Hoffmann, while his doctor, Theodor Morrell (right) waits to greet the Fuhrer on Hitler's 50th birthday, April 20, 1939, in Berlin

Some of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday gifts stored in a room at the Reich Chancellery, Berlin, April 1939

The automobile engineer and designer Ferdinand Porsche (in suit) presents Hitler with a convertible Volkswagen for Hitler's 50th birthday, Berlin, Germany, April 20, 1939. "Hitler loved to have his driver tear along at 80 mph," LIFE magazine once noted, "until 1939 when he turned superstitious about accidents and made 35 mph the limit."