Quote:
|
Originally Posted by daswig
All you're doing is obfuscating.
|
Right....
First you had to be part of the "state organism"
Then being a party member was sufficient
Then wearing a uniform made you part of the state
Then it was only rallies after he came to power
Then it was rallies held on 1 May (the Nuremberg rallies were actually held in September)*
Then it was only those actually in the stadium.
And
I'm obfuscating?
*
Quote:
The rallies of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) between 1933 ("The Rally of Victory") and 1938 ("The Rally of Greater Germany") were large-scale propaganda shows which took place annually every September in Nuremberg. Over 500,000 people took part. Prior to 1933, four rallies on a considerably smaller scale took place in Munich (1923), Weimar (1926) and Nuremberg (1927 and 1929).
The "Rally of Peace" planned for September 1939 was cancelled at short notice when Nazi Germany unleased World War II. The fascination of the rallies was due to their lavish staging with psuedo-religious elements, lighting effects and the effective employment of media, especially film, in ways previously unknown. The propaganda concealed the banality which sometimes characterized the rally events. To the south-east of Nuremberg a tract of land measuring 11 square kilometres was set aside for the rallies. Today, its architectural remains document the collapse of Nazi propaganda in the face of reality. The main content of the rallies was the orientation of the National Socialist movement towards Adolf Hitler. The participants listened to the "Führer's" speeches, marched past him, paraded before him and swore oaths to their leader. At the same time, the marching columns were a show of strength to the German population and the world.
|
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Eur...hoto127674.htm
More references available upon request.
The only mention I can find of any rally in May was in Berlin in 1939, and that was an original caption a Nazi propaganda picture.
Mr Mephisto
PS - I'm no longer going to give this topic any further attention.