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He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

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When Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, first met photographer Alfed Eisenstaedt, he was in a good mood.

In a close-up photo, the politician of the Third Reich, smiling happily at the League of Nations conference in Geneva in September 1933. But when Goebbels discovered that Life's photographer, Eisenstadt, was Jewish, his expression changed dramatically.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Joseph Goebbels glared at him as he sat in the garden of the Carlton Hotel, his first trip abroad to the League of Nations.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

The image above shows joseph Goebbels and photographer Alfred Eisenstadt in the gardens of the Carlton Hotel in Geneva.

Goebbels, known as an "anti-Semitic murderer", glared at Mr. Eisenstadt, making the photograph famous because it portrayed Goebbels as a man with "eyes of hatred".

Mr Eisenstadt said: "I found him sitting alone at a folding table on the hotel lawn. I then photographed him from a distance without his knowledge. ”

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Alfred Eisenstadt took a photo of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels sitting outside the garden of the Carlton Hotel in Geneva.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels (center) looked short in front of the others.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

When Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels met photographer Alfred Eisenstadt, his eyes were filled with hatred.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

"Later I found myself sitting at the same table as him, surrounded by his assistants and bodyguards. Goebbels looked so short, while his bodyguards were so burly. So I approached Goebbels and took a picture of him.

Then he looked up at me with a look of hatred on his face. He looked at me with hateful eyes, waiting for me to disappear. But I wasn't intimidated, because as long as I had the camera in my hand, I wouldn't have fear. ”

Eventually, this striking photograph became one of Eisenstadt's most famous photographs.

But he is best known for the photograph taken in Times Square on August 14, 1945. In the photo, a sailor kisses a randomly selected nurse in New York to celebrate victory in the war against Japan.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Victory Day in Times Square, also known as "The Kiss," became Alfred Eisenstadt's most famous photograph.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Photographers Alfred Eisenstadt with Marilyn Monroe in Hollywood, California.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Actress Sophia Loren dwarfs photographer Alfred Eisenstadt when she dances in her villa.

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

In 1960, Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt met Jacqueline Kennedy and Caroline in Hyannis Harbor, Massachusetts

He looked at me with hatred: a Jewish photographer who captured goebbels' moments of gaze

Years after meeting Joseph Goebbels, Life magazine photographer Alfred Eisenstadt was photographed in his office on the 28th floor of the Times Life Building.

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