This document analyzes a photograph of Adolf Hitler shaking hands with a young German boy. The photograph is an example of propaganda used by Hitler to create a positive public image of himself and manipulate the German people. It portrayed Hitler as caring about children, despite the fact that he sent many Jewish children to concentration camps. The smiling women in the background showed how the public saw Hitler as a hero, unaware of his true nature and crimes. The photo demonstrates how effectively Hitler used propaganda to gain support and further his deadly goals by blinding people to reality. It serves as an important lesson about the power of manipulation through images.

1. Anthony Greene
Professor Blanco
Photo Analysis
6 March 2016
Photo Analysis Essay
The photograph that I am going to analyzing is the photograph of Adolf Hitler shaking
hands with a little boy. This photograph is extremely powerful and I was dumbfounded by it. It
shows the true manipulation of Adolf Hitler. The picture was most likely taken during Hitler’s
rising power during the 1930s. Hitler was a master manipulator. He rallied a whole country
behind him to invade other countries, take territory that wasn’t theirs, and murder millions of
innocent people. Hitler successfully used propaganda to help drive his message and rally the
public. As a result of his manipulation, a considerable amount of the public viewed Hitler almost
as a savior. This photograph illustrates this message perfectly.
The photograph is a prime example of propaganda that Hitler would use to create a
positive image for himself. The photograph, showing Hitler shaking hands with a young German
boy, gives the illusion of Hitler being a caring person who loved children. However, it is very
obvious that Hitler didn’t have a soft spot for children since he didn’t mind sending young
Jewish children to concentration and death camps. The hypocritical photograph only helped
Hitler’s cause in manipulating the German people to stand behind him to further his cause. The
photograph is also something that modern audiences could learn a great lesson from. Propaganda
such as this one is still used like this today and we don’t even realize it.
Also, in the picture there are a few women in the background. These women are smiling
and laughing. It is obvious that the women think highly of Hitler because of their reactions to

2. Hitler shaking the boy’s hand. If they knew the real version of Hitler, they wouldn’t let any child
near him. The women act as if the little boy is shaking hands with and meeting his hero, someone
the little boy would grow up and aspire to be like one day. This just shows how Hitler’s
manipulation worked. It is an example of how a majority of German people were blinded to who
Hitler truly was. They don’t know the true version of him that ruthlessly murdered millions of
people.
In conclusion, the photograph is a prime example of Hitler’s manipulation over the
German people. Hitler used propaganda to help further his cause to invade other countries and
murder millions of innocent people. Also, the image shows how his manipulation worked and the
ignorance of the German people during that time. It is a powerful and heart-breaking image that
is extremely important to history and is still important to this day so that we never let anything
like this happen again.