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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto
Actually no. They were attended by tens of thousands of civilians and party members as well. Oh, and lots of "performers"... You need to brush up on your history a bit.
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Sorry, you're wrong. They were set up as a showcase of various arms of the State. If you weren't part of the State organism, you didn't get to go. And virtually ALL of the State organism was either military or paramilitary in organization and design. For example, the HJ, while technically a group for children, ran military training programs, kind of like JROTC, except a lot harder. Even groups like the German version of the Teamsters (the NSKK) were paramilitary, to the point that they issued them sidearms with a NSKK logo on them.