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Postal marking from Nuremberg, May 1940, referring to the Reichsparteitage Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany in 1936 to watch Adolf Hitler speak. Each rally was given a programmatic title, which related to recent national events: 1923: The First Party Congress took place in Munich on 27 January 1923. 1923: The "German day rally" was held in ...
The Cathedral of Light or Lichtdom was a main aesthetic feature of the Nazi Party rallies in Nuremberg from 1934 to 1938. Designed by architect Albert Speer , it consisted of 152 anti-aircraft searchlights , at intervals of 12 metres, aimed skyward to create a series of vertical bars surrounding the audience.
Reichsparteitag 1934, Luitpoldarena, "Totenehrung" (honouring of dead): SS leader Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler and SA leader Viktor Lutze on the terrace in front of the "Ehrenhalle" (Hall of Honour); in the background: the crescent-shaped "Ehrentribüne" (literally: tribune of honour) First Party Congress in Nuremberg (1927) Mock-up of the Rally grounds in their planned finished shape at the ...
The events that are inseparably linked with Nuremberg ("city of the party rally" — Stadt der Reichsparteitage) and the National Socialist period were also explained: the activities of Julius Streicher, editor of the anti-Semitic rabble-rousing weekly Der Stürmer (The Storm Trooper), the history of the Nuremberg Rally, the proclamation of the ...
Hitler congratulates Riefenstahl in 1934. Riefenstahl, a popular German actress, had directed her first film called Das blaue Licht (The Blue Light) in 1932. [6] Hitler was impressed with Das blaue Licht, and in 1933 asked her to direct a film about the Nazis' annual Nuremberg Rally, which became Der Sieg des Glaubens (The Victory of Faith). [7]
The cult of leader was evidenced in Nazi propaganda films by Leni Riefenstahl, such as 1935's Triumph of the Will, which Hitler ordered to be made.The film showed the 1934 Nuremberg Rally, which was attended by over 700,000 supporters, and is one of the first examples of the Hitler myth filmed and put into full effect during Nazi Germany. [27]
The Florida-based video platform, which will carry the Trump rally coverage, hosts all kinds of video content from viral videos to political talk shows. It has been welcomed to the state and ...
The 8th Nuremberg Rally ended with a closing address by Hitler. [13] Police were called upon to end the Costa Rican banana workers' strike, firing on strike leaders and arresting others. [14] Born: Charles Kuralt, journalist, in Wilmington, North Carolina (d. 1997); Roger Maris, baseball player, in Hibbing, Minnesota (d. 1985)