Hitler in Paris

Discusses the iconic photograph of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler in front of the Eiffel Tower in 1940 taken by his personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann. World War II was in its early days when brutal German dictator Adolf Hitler paid a visit to Paris, the capital of France. Only days before, on June 14, 1940, German soldiers had overrun the city, shocking the world. Hitler now viewed the city s cultural t.