Fascinating pictures show Hitler and his Nazi henchmen as young boys

Childhood pictures of unrecognisable Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and his henchman have resurfaced to mark the 130th birthday of the ‘Fuhrer’.

Hitler was born on April 20, 1899 and as a child, is said to have enjoyed singing in his church choir in Austria, and had once held ambitions of becoming a priest.

The images not only reveal how Hitler looked as a child, but also shed light on what some of the most evil and powerful figures of Nazi Germany looked like, before they committed their terrible ‘acts of war’.

As a child Hitler sported a bowl cut and had a rather round angelic looking face, which was a far cry from his official portraits of Nazi leader, where he crossed his arms and a held a firm gaze.

Baby Adolf Hitler, pictured circa 1900

German Chancelor and leader of the Nazi Party of Germany Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) poses in this portrait picture

Adolf Hitler pictured left as a baby before he brought down his reign of terror and crime as the leader of the Nazi party (right in a portrait)

Pictures have also been revealed of Hermann Goring, who in 1907 at the age of just fourteen was a young military cadet. Under Hitler’s leadership he became a prominent military and political leader.

He had been a decorated fighter pilot in World War I and didn’t join the Nazi party until 1923, after hearing a speech by Hitler.

He soon clawed his way into the party and launched the Blitz on London and other British cities.

Hermann Goring in 1907 aged 14-years-old

German Nazi leader Hermann Goering (1893 - 1946) speaking at a rally

Hermann Goring (left) as a young military cadet (left) before he became one of the most powerful leaders in the Nazi Party (right) 

Another one of Hitler’s most trusted associates had been Joseph Goebbels, who despite posing for a picture in 1910 aged 12-years-old, looking ever the innocent, turned into one of the most spiteful propaganda machines the world has ever seen.

He was the master propagandist for the regime for twelve years and presented a favourable image of the Nazi regime to German’s as well as condemning minorities.

He was born into a strict working class Catholic family and much of Hitler’s ideologies and beliefs appealed to him.

Goebbels was a sickly child and records show that he was also born with a deformed right foot.

Joseph Goebbels in 1910 aged 12-years-old

Portrait On October 26 1941 Of Joseph Goebbels

Joseph Goebbels, left, 12-years-old before become one of Hitler's most trusted associates and the Reich Minister of Propaganda

Heinrich Himmler seemed to hold the same pose, as well as the same glasses through his childhood years and adult life.

Under Hitler’s guidance, he become one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and was amongst those who had directly been involved in the implementation of the Holocaust.

He had been part of the Gestapo in Prussia before building the SS into the most powerful armed body in Germany.

It was in June 1941 that Himmler was entrusted with the administration of the conquered territory with the aim being to destroy the Soviet system.

One year later he was tasked with a campaign to target racial and political enemies of the Third Reich where he carried out widespread acts of mass murder.

Heinrich Himmler as a child, circa 1910

The german Nazi official and chief of the Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler, left as a child in 1910 before becoming the official chief of the SS (right)

Another baby-faced child, who in later life

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