Crowds gather in Potsdam, Germany, where most of the newly elected members of the Reichstag (Parliament) hold their first meeting in the Garrison church. Views of the street, crowds, and the Garrison Church. Banner in street says, " We greet the new Germany." President Hindenburg steps from the church, holding his Field Marshal's baton, and greets two clergymen. Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtroopers struggle to hold crowds back. Members of the Reichstag exit the church, wearing top hats.
Adolf Hitler's first speech as Germany's Chancellor, given at the Sports Palace or Sportpalast (Ehemaliger Standort Sportpalast Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 172B, 10783 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. A large banner is hung across the hall behind the speaker's stand, reading: "Mecht Deutschland vom Marxismus Frei" (Make Germany free from Marxism). Hitler, in khaki uniform, makes his way to the podium through cadre of uniformed Stormtroopers who act as an honor guard. A crowd applauds and many give the Nazi salute to Hitler as he speaks to them.
German activities after World War I. Hans Von Seeckt, a German General, reviews parade of German Army infantry and artillery in Potsdam. Paul Von Hindenburg, a German General, reviews a parade. The German Army using cardboard tanks and fake weapons in maneuvers during period after World War I and before militarization of Germany under the Nazis. Promulgation of new German constitution in the Garrison Church of Potsdam in March of 1933 in the presence of Paul Von Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler and Franz Von Papen, a German Catholic Monarchist politician. Parade scenes of German soldiers in the early 1930s. Newly created Nazi Labor Corps and Adolf Hitler digging with a shovel at an inaugural ceremony. Shirtless labor corps members pulling together on ropes. Scenes of factories, manufacturing, industrialization and rebuilding of Germany and its military with remilitarization in the mid 1930s.
Scenes of elderly German Field Marshal Paul Von Hindenburg in Germany. Von Hindenburg walks down steps and is accompanied by German soldiers. Nazis hold a torch parade at night. Nazi flags seen. A tower in the background. Paul Von Hindenburg walks out of a building. Officers stand behind him. Hindenburg, Adolf Hitler, Franz Von Papen, Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Goering walk through the streets of Potsdam after opening of German parliament and the appointment of Hitler as Chancellor, and with Von Papen as Vice Chancellor. Crowd of civilians and officers on either side of the street give the Nazi salute.
The Neues Palais (Am Neuen Palais, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany. Exterior of the palace. Trees in the foreground of Sanssouci royal park. Exterior of Sanssouci Palace (Maulbeerallee, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) also located in the royal park.
Representatives of Allied nations gathered for Potsdam Conference at Schloss Cecilienhof Palace (Im Neuen Garten, 14469 Potsdam, Germany) in Potsdam, Germany during World War II. Interiors of the conference room. United States Secretary of States James Francis Byrnes speaks with Minister of War, Anthony Eden of Great Britain. He shakes hands with other representatives. Byrnes takes his seat at conference table. Soviet People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Molotov enters and shake hands with Byrnes and staff. Representatives take their seats around the conference table. Document files kept on the table in front of them.
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