Organizing, Time Management, Organize Your Life. The zen of doing | Zen Habits. Was our universe born inside a black hole in another universe? Hitler at home: Rare photographs show how the Nazi leader relaxed while he waged war. By Claire Bates Updated: 07:38 GMT, 27 September 2010 Relaxing with a cup of tea and sharing a joke with a crowd of admiring women - these are the rarely seen intimate portraits of Adolf Hitler at the height of his power. The snapshots of the dictator were taken between 1936 and 1945 as the Nazi party strengthened its grip on Germany and then waged war against its European neighbours. Enlarge The German leader eats a meal with Gertrud Deetz - the wife of Gauleiter Albert Forster, at the Berghof, Hitler's estate in Upper Bavaria in the late 1930s.
Hitler (hands on hips) admires his new car, which was presented by the manufacturer Ferdinand Porsche. In one series of pictures from 1939, Hitler is shown admiring his 50th birthday present - a specially designed convertible VW, which was given to him by Ferdinand Porsche. He received the glossy black automobile at his Eagle's Nest home in the Alps. In another set Hitler is seen laughing at a Christmas party in 1941. What happened in my birth year?