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In her most recent monography, Despina Stratigakos, Interim Chair and Associate Professor at the University of Buffalo's Department of Architecture, demonstrates the elasticity and flexibility of the genre of biography. "Hitler at home" is no ordinary portrait but examines how Adolf Hitler and his propagandists worked intensely on manufacturing a counter-image to that of the screaming reactionary with no family life or traditional roots. The extensive remodelling of Hitler's homes in Berlin, Munich and Berchtesgaden were quickly identified as the means to recreate an image of the "Führer" that would be appealing to both a national as well as an international audience. During the 1930s, the world's most important newspapers and fashionable magazines played a major role in disseminating a sanitized image of Hitler, now widely portrayed as a warm and cultured man of the people. "Hitler at home" offers a new angle to the Nazi leader's preoccupation with using architecture and interior design of his domestic spaces to project his persona to the masses and unveils the long neglected influence of a powerful female figure on creating a reassuring image of Adolf Hitler. We approached Prof. Dr. Despina Stratigakos with our questions on Hitler's evolution of his representation to the people.