The Fourth Party Day: Nurnberg, 1929. The gifted Fuhrer at the Congress
Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann)
The “Party Day of Consolidation” held in 1929 was the first truly spectacular Rally. The consecration of SA and SS standards took place on the steps of the newly constructed war memorial on the Luitpoldhain with 60,000 men and 2,000 Hitler Youth participating. The march past took four hours. At another event, in which 150.000 spectators were present, “Deutschland uber Alles” was played at 8 o’clock and runners entered and surrounded the arena carrying blazing torches. The bands played pieces by Beethoven and Wagner, and at the climax, the torches were simultaneously extinguished and floodlights switched on, causing the crowd to roar with approval. A huge fireworks display followed Hitler’s speech.
“In Germany, as in all Capitalist countries, there is great antagonism between the propertied classes and the workers; but the population is also divided by religious differences.”