"So Kam Es!"

Historical Photos from a Nazi Propaganda Book

The Nazi Party's Rise To Power

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Nuremberg, August, 1927

Hitler speaks to 30,000 people.

The Nazi party had been banned after the Beer Hall Putsch fiasco, but slowly regained momentum in the years following. Hitler vowed to learn from his mistakes, and from this time on used the system from inside to gain power politically.

He also made use of the very potent power of propaganda, administered expertly by cohorts such as Dr. Joseph Goebbels.

Nazi song – one line says:

"The day is breaking for freedom and bread."

By 1930, the Great Depression was in full force, and the people of Germany were in dire straits. The Nazi movement had begun to regain ground and Hitler's propaganda machine was in full force.

In September elections, the Nazis gained 107 seats in the Reichstag (national government), coming up from smallest to the second largest political party in the country.

Hitler was a powerful speaker, and he railed against Communism, Jews, and other things that he knew the people feared and perceived as threats. In return, those who followed him began to treat Hitler with almost religious adoration.

1932 and '33 were pivotal years for Hitler and the Nazis. Hitler ran against the 84 year old president, Hindenburg, and lost.

The nearly half-million "Brownshirts" Storm Troopers had to be reigned in by Hitler and his top men, to bide their time a while until they could politically achieve what they desired.

By May, Hindenburg essentially ended democracy and took control, then put a puppet Chancellor in place to counter Hitler's move to take that office.

Martial law was declared in Berlin, and people all over Germany turned to "Fuhrer worship" as they were caught up in the emotions of the Nazi campaign.