Nazi rise to power, rearmament and remilitarization of Germany leading up to World War 2, and actions related the Nuremberg Trials held at the Palace of Justice in Nuremberg, Germany, following World War II. Exterior view of the Reichstag in Berlin. Joseph Goebbels at desk during the Nuremberg Trials. Hans Bernd Gisevius, former official of the Berlin police administration, testifies concerning his investigation of the Reichstag fire. Hans Gisevius relates how Goebbels recruited reliable Nazis to intentionally burn down the Reichstag as a propaganda stunt to help the Nazi movement. Nuremberg War Trial defendants stand in their dock including Herman Goering, Rudolf Hess, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel, Karl Donitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach and Fritz Sauckel. Close up of Herman Goring. Footage showing firefighters spraying water on smoking ruins of Reichstag following Reichstag fire in 1933. A German police officer stands guard at the smoking ruins of the Reichstag. View from a high ridge of League of Nations Palace of Nations in Geneva, and then inside the League of Nations meeting chamber during the disarmament conference of 1933. View of a German Kriegsmarine submarine launching in 1934. Steel mill operations and Industrial war materiel operations in Germany in the early 1930's as Germany rearmed and restarted war production. A Nazi party meeting in Germany where General Werner von Blomberg announces compulsory military service. View of legal document describing new military service law. View of newly recruited (conscripted) civilian German men with suitcases marching forward report for mandatory military training. Nazi forces in training march goosestep at training camp; Junkers 52 aircraft in background. Soldiers goosestep while walking bicycles in a line. Nazi troops trained. Scenes of remilitarization of Rhineland, violating terms of the Treaty of Versailles, as Nazi troops in 1936 march over the Hohenzollern Bridge crossing the River Rhine, with Cologne Cathedral rising in the background.
United States President Ronald Reagan seated on platform with other dignitaries at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather on the ground. Loudspeakers on the ground. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries along with President Reagan and his wife sit on the platform. Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany gives a speech in front of the crowd. Cameramen record the event. The flags on the platform. Trees in the background. The crowd applauds. Buildings in the background. Scenes in the background. People stand on the street. Vehicles pass on the street. Road lights along the sides of the street. Woman explains the speech to President Reagan.
United States President Ronald Reagan seated on the platform at the Brandenburg Gate (Pariser Platz, 10117 Berlin, Germany) in Berlin, Germany. Large crowds gather. People stand with the United States flags. Dignitaries along with President Reagan and his wife sit on the platform. Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany gives a speech in front of the crowd. Cameramen record the event. Flags on the platform. Trees and buildings in the background. The crowd applauds. President Reagan sits near Lord Mayor of Berlin Eberhard Diepgen. Woman explains the speech to President Reagan.
Citizen National Guard, known as Volkssturm, being registered, armed, and seen marching in Germany late in World War 2. Registration for young and old in National Guard and Hitler Youth participants. Eager young boys shown in recruitment, and elderly Germany men are seen signing up. New National Guards sign some papers and shake hands with Nazi officials. Hitler Youth registration. Heinrich Himmler gives speech from a platform in a hall in Insterburg, East Prussia. German swastika flags covers war memorials. Large outdoor rally in Annaberg Germany with Nazi leaders, National Guard members, Hitler Youth, and citizens listening to the speech. Large banner hung from buildings in Annaberg. Nazi soldiers and National Guardsmen with guns and weapons including panzerfaust on shoulders march in the streets. Civilians salute as the Soldiers, Volkssturm and Hitler Youth march with German swastika flags.
New United States Ambassador to West Germany arrives in Heidelberg, Germany. The headquarters of United States Army, Europe (USAREUR). U.S. Ambassador to West Germany, Walter C. Dowling arrives in a car at the headquarters. Soldiers and officials greet him. He is being greeted by U.S. Army General Clyde D Eddleman. The Ambassador and General take a salute and review the honor guard. The two men shake hands with the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) officers. Flags flying atop a flag pole.
Election Day on March 5th, 1933 in Berlin, Germany. Germany's President, Paul von Hindenburg, comes out of election booth. Other names are called out as they vote, including Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen who is seen coming out of the voting booth and chatting with others.
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