Near the end of his life, Adolf Hitler followed a vegetarian diet. It is not clear when or why he adopted it, since some accounts of his dietary habits prior to the Second World War indicate that he a
Adolf Hitler at a dinner table
Hitler with his German Shepherd, Blondi
There was widespread support for animal welfare in Nazi Germany among the country's leadership. Adolf Hitler and his top officials took a variety of measures to ensure animals were protected.
Adolf Hitler and vegetarianism
…film societies were either dissolved or incorporated into new organisations under the control of the Nazi leadership. The Nazi regime also introduced animal welfare laws which were unparalleled at the time. Animal welfare in Nazi Germany…
Lab animals giving the Nazi salute to Hermann Göring for his order to ban vivisection. Caricature from Kladderadatsch, a satirical journal, September 1933. Göring prohibited vivisection and said that those who "still think they can continue to treat animals as inanimate property" would be sent to concentration camps.
Göring sitting next to a deer he killed. ca 1935.