An early black and white studio photograph of Adolf Hitler, autographed lower center, inscribed, Adolf Hitler, lower right. Provenance: a collection of Heinrich Jurs. He was a highly decorated SS general and Waffen SS who was close to the inner circle of the high command, He attended meetings and social gatherings throughout his career with the high command, General Jurs was killed in action April 1945. His son Peter Jurs, a child at the time, acquired his fathers entire collection of autographed pictures and signed autograph books. Adolf Hitler 1889 to 1945 was an Austrian born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Fuhrer und Reichskanzler in 1934.During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims. Nazi German Historical Collectibles, Third Reich Photos And Memorabilia.