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The book explores Adolf Hitler's rise and fall, highlighting how he became a media phenomenon from 1914 to 1945. Claudia Schmölders argues that Hitler's image was the first political persona crafted for modern media, reflecting the public's initial fascination and later horror as his atrocities came to light. The narrative delves into the interplay between media and politics, illustrating how visual representation shaped public perception during a tumultuous period in history.

From his emergence on the German political scene in 1914 and subsequent public infatuation with him, to his fall in 1945 and the growing revulsion as his horrific acts were revealed to the world, Adolf Hitler's visage, Claudia Schmolders argues, was the first political image manufactured for the modern media.