Hermann Goering ,named Prussian Minister of Interior, by Adolf Hitler, outlines his program in Germany, 1933. He is seated in a chair and reads about his program. A lamp kept on a table.
5 March 1933, Election day in Berlin, Germany. Officials gather in a hall. Retired General Erich Friedrich Wilhelm Ludendorff, who was Hitler's partner in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, comes out after casting his vote. Officials talk among themselves. A wall map in the background. They hold ballot papers and go one by one for casting their votes. Newspaper headlines about the elections.
1 April 1933, the opening of the official Anti-Semitic campaign in Germany. People crowd on the street and shout Nazi salute of Sieg Heil. A few hold posters. German Propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels speaks to people and stirs them up, and leads them in a chant hailing the Nazi party and its leader. A car loaded with Nazi brownshirts (Sturmabteilung, or SA, or Stormtroopers) and people riding bicycles behind it. A poster on the back of the car reads (in German): "Germans! Defend yourselves! Do not buy from Jews" The Stormtroopers interrupt business at Jewish establishments along the commercial section of Unter den Linden. They post signs calling for boycott of Jewish businesses and other signs such as " Attention Jews" accompanied by a threatening skull and cross bones image. They lead people on the street in anti-Jewish chant.
On 10 May, 1933, the burning of books in Germany. German people burn the books. Ambient sound of the event in the background. German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels speaks at the burning, addressing the gathered crowd. Nazi Stormtroopers (SA or Sturmabteilung) stand around him. Books burning in the background. People gathered during the burning of the books as they sing a song.
September 1933, Chancellor Adolf Hitler arrives for the Fifth Party Congress in Germany. People crowd and hold Nazi flags at the Nazi party rally ground. Hitler arrives along with his party members. Hitler speaks to the people at a large rally. People listen to him and cheer.
Scenes in the "Italian Village" exhibit of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair of 1933-34.. Carnival barkers holding canes,stand on boxes next to women and harangue the crowds to visit their respective sideshows for 25 cents. Aerial views of the fairgrounds, showing two man- made lagoons along with, bridges, and buildings at the fair on the shore of Lake Michigan.