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Hitler and Hindenburg at the 'Day of Potsdam'

Contemporary postcard with a depiction of the 'Day of Potsdam', with the handshake between Adolf Hitler and Reich President Paul von Hindenburg.

Hindeburg during his speech on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg (standing) during his speech to the members of the Reichstag and the Reich government in the Garrison Church at the so-called Day of Potsdam on 21 March 1933. Behind Hindenburg is Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler

Parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen with entourage on the way to the state ceremony in the Garrison Church at the so-called Day of Potsdam.

Paul von Hindenburg at St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Service at St. Nicholas' Church in Potsdam in the presence of President Paul von Hindenburg and the Protestant members of the government and the Reichstag on 21 March 1933, the so-called Day of Potsdam. Left of Hindenburg Reich Foreign Minister Konstantin von Neurath and his wife, further to the left Reich Commissioner Günther Gereke, to the right of Hindenburg, Reichstag President Herman Goering.

MIlitary parade on teh Day of Potsdam, 1933

Soldiers of the Reichswehr with flags during thre mitlitary parade on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

Hitler during his speech on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Contemporary drawing of Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler's speech on the 'Day of Potsdam' in the Garrison Church during the State ceremony.

Paul von Hindenburg at the military parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg takes the salute of the national military federations on the Day of Potsdam. Pictured here are the soldiers from the Stahlhelm-Verband, the federation of Frontline Soldiers.

DNVP youth organisation on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The Potsdamyouth organisation of the DNVP, the German National Peoples Party, march past the city palace on the Day of Potsdam.

Parade of the Stahlhelm Verband on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg watches a military parade on the Day of Potsdam. Here, soldiers of the Stahlhelm-Verband, the Steel Helmet, League of Frontline Soldiers, march past Hindenburg.

Hitler greets officers, 1933

Reich chancellor Adolf Hitler greets officers on the Day of Potsdam. Further to his right stand Foreign Minister Franz von Papen and Joseph Goebbels. In the background a cameraman.

Hindenburg arrives at St. Nicholas' Church in Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg is greeted by clergy during his arrival at St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam (the call of the new Reichstag politicians in Potsdam) on 21 March 1933.

Reichswehr parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The Reichswehr marches past Reichs President Paul von Hindenburg on the Day of Potsdam.

Military parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Military parade of the Kampffront, probably of the DNVP, of the German National People's Party, on the Day of Potsdam.

Hindenburg on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg is driven past the saluting rows of soldiers and SA (Sturmabteilung, storm trooper) men on the Day of Potsdam.

Military parade on teh Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg watches the military parade of the Reichswehr on the Day of Potsdam.

Military parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg (to the left on the platform) watches the military parade of the artillery of the Reich Defence on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

Crypt of Friedrich II. in the Garrison Chruch, 1933

The crypt of Friedrich II. of Prussia in the Garrison Chruch in Potsdam on the Day of Potsdam, decorated with wreaths and sashes.

Day of Potsdam, 1933

The congregation of the Reichsttag in the garnison's church in Potsdam during the 'Day of Potsdam'. Reichs President Paul von hindenburg holds a speech.

German parliament in the Garrison Church on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and members of parliament during the state ceremony in the Garrison Church on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

State ceremony on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler during his speech at the state ceremony on the 'Day of Potsdam' in the Garrison Church.

Day of Potsdam, 1933

The members of the Reichstag on the 'Day of Potsdam' in the Garrison Church. In the middle, Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, to his left behind him Hermann Göring and to his right Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler.

Hitler with bodyguards on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler in a car on the 'Day of Potsdam'. He is accompanied by his SS (Schutzstaffel) bodyguards.

The German parliament on the way to the State ceremony on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

The Reich parliament on the way to the State ceremony in the Garrison Church on the 'Day of Potsdam'. Reich Chancellor Hitler leads the way and is greeted by SA (Sturmabteilung, storm trooper) members with the Nazi salute.

Changing of the guards in front of the DNVP quarters, 1933

Changing of the guards in front of the standing quartiers of the DNVP, the German National Peoples Party in Potsdam on the occasion of the Day of Potsdam.

Reception of the parliament on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

A military marching band plays music for the reception of the members of parliament on the Day of Potsdam in front of the Garrison Church.

Crowd control on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Police implement crowd control measures in front of St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Military parade on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Crown Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern and General Field Marshall August von mackensen both with skull hats amongs the guests of honour on the 'Day of Potsdam' during the military parade.

Departure of the Reichstag deputies to the festivities of the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The representatives of the Reichstag, the parliament, are driven in post omnibuses to the ceremonial acts on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

Spectators at the march in review on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The state celebration at the Garrison Church on the 'Tag von Potsdam' (Day of Potsdam, call of the new Reichstag politicians in Potsdam) was followed by a march in review. The spectators in front of the stand: in the middle Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia, to his left, with spiked helmet, possibly Lieutenant General Gerd von Rundstedt, to his right Field Marshal August von Mackensen, Senior General Hans von Seecktand Admiral Erich Raeder. On the stand on the left Reich Foreign Minister Konstantin Freiherr von Neurath and Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, in the middle Berlin Chief of Police Magnus von Levetzow und further to the right Reich Minister Franz Seldte.

Catholic service on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The Catholic service on the Day of Potsdam in the Nikolai-Chruch.

Garrison Chruch on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The illuminated Garrison Church onthe Day of Potsdam.

Prince Eitel Friedrich and Prince Oscar on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Prince Eitel Friedrich and Prince Oscar of Hohenzollern in the first row of the Stahlhelm-Verband soldiers, which prepare for the parade at their meetin gpoint at Nauener Tor. They arrive with their war equipment-

Hitler waits vor Hindenburg, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler awaits the arrival of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg in front of the Garrison Church on the Day of Potsdam (the call of the new Reichstag politicians in Potsdam), 21 March 1933. Delegations of the 'national organizations', Stahlhelm and SA form a guard of honor.

Military federations at the city palace on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The national military federations in the yard of the Potsdam city palace on the Day of Potsdam.

Spectators on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Spectators at the 'petition linden tree' in front of the Potsdam palast on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

Hitler during his speech on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler holds a speech on the Day of Potsdam during the state ceremony in the Garrison Church in front of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg and members of parliament.

Tag von Potsdam (call of the new Reichstag politicians in Potsdam) 21.03.1933

On the Day of Potsdam, Reich President Paul von Hindenburg walk past a row of German soldiers of the Reichswehr on the way to the Garrison's church.

Hindenburg on his was to the Garrison Church in Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg walks through a guard of honor formed by the troops on his way to the Potsdam Garrison Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Salute shots on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Soldiers of the Reichswehr fire 21 shoots in the Lustgarten on the Day of Potsdam, while reich President Paul von Hindenbrug lays a wreath on the grave of Friedrich the Great. In the background the Garrison Church.

Paul von Hindenburg at St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg during a service in St. Nikolai church on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

State ceremony on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and members of parliament during the state ceremony on the 'Day of Potsdam' in the Garrison Church.

Paul von Hindeburg during his speech on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg hold a speech on the 'Day of Potsdam' in front of members of the parliament. Behind him to his right stands Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler.

Street vendor with little flags in Potsdam, 1933

A street vendor selling little black, white and red imperial flags and swastika flags on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Reich chancellor Hitler and Vice Chancellor von Papen on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Vice Chancellor Franz von Papen with entourage on the way to the state ceremony in the Garrison Church at the so-called Day of Potsdam.

Military parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President von Hindenburg watches a military parade of the Reichswehr with the flags of the imperial army from a platform. Behind him to his left stands Werner von Blomberg, 3rd from the right Gerd von Ronstedt, to his right Marshall August von Mackensen and Crown Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, both wearing skull hats. In the middle to the right of the swastika flag stand Adolf Hitler and Hermann Göring, to the left Franz von Papen.

Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Young members of the DNVP on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The Hounour Company of the paramilitary group Kampfbund of the young members of the DVNP, the German National Peoples Party, on the Day of Potsdam on their way to the State celebrations on the Day of Potsdam.

Hitler, von Papen and Goebbels on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen on their way to the state ceremony at the Potsdam Garrison Church on the Day of Potsdam 21 March 1933. Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels can be seen behind Hitler.

Members of the DNVP on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Members of the DNVP, the German National Peoples Party on the Day of Potsdam during thee military parade. They march past the city palace and Lust garten with black.white.red flags under the motto 'Mit Gott für Kaiser und Reich' (With God for the Emperor and the realm).

Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Members of the DNVP on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on his way into St. Nicholas' Church on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Military parade on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

On the 'Day of Potsdam', Reichs President paul von Hindenburg watches a military parade of the Reichswehr from a platform. Behin Hindenburg to his right, Werner von Blomberg.

Military parade of the Reich Defence on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg (on the platform to the left) watches the military parade of the cavallery on the 'Day of Potsdam'.

Military parade of the Stahlhelm soldiers on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg watches the parade of the Stahlhelm soldies on the Day of Potsdam. The soldiers carry the Germn imperial black-white war flags.

Hindenburg on his way to the state ceremony, 1933

Reich President Paul von Hindenburg drives past men of the Reichswehr (Reich Defense) and the SA (Sturmabteilung, storm troopers) on his way to the state ceremony on the so-called Day of Potsdam, 21. March 1933. In the car next to him, partially concealed, his son Colonel Oskar von Hindenburg.

Stahlhelm soldiers with flags on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Soldiers of the Stahlhelm Verband, the League of the Frontline soldiers, during their parade on the Day of Potsdam with flags in front of the city palace.

Paul von Hindenburg at the military parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reichspräsident Paul von Hindenburg schreitet die Ehrenkompanie der nationalen Verbände am Tag von Potsdam ab..

Reception of Paul von Hindenburg on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

A military marching band plays music for the reception of Reich President Paul von Hindenburg on the 'Day of Potsdam' in front of the Garrison Church.

Paul von Hindenburg at the military parade on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

On the 'Day of Potsdam' Reichs President Paul von Hindenburg walks along a line of SA (Sturmabteilung) men. He is followed by his son Oskar von HIndenburg, Werner von Blomberg, Admiral Erich Raeder with a marine unifrom, General Werner von Fritsch, and State Secretary Otto von Meissner with a tophat.

Military music on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

A military marching band in the parade on the Day of Potsdam at the Nauener Gate.

Crowd control on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Police implement crowd control measures on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Reich president von Hindenburg on the way to the Garnison church, 1933

Reich President von Hindenburg in the uniform of a General Field Marshall and his son, Major von Hindenburg on the way to the garnison church in an open convertible on the 'Day of Potsdam'. In the background, men of the Reichswehr, ths SA (storm troopers), the steel helmet organisation and the police stand in row.

The Reichswehr in front of the city palace on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The German army gathers in front of the ctiy palace for the military parade on the Day of Potsdam. In the background the Garrison Chruch.

Parade of the Reichswehr on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Military parade of the Reichswehr on the Day of Potsdam. Parade of the Reichswehr on the Day of Potsdam.

Berlin special deputees during a police parade, 1933

Berlin special deputees during a police parade in front of the Berlin city palace.

Crowd of spectators on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

An enormous confluence of people gatheres in front of the Nikolai Church on the Day of Potsdam.

Police parade in front of the Berlin city palace, 1933

Berlin mounted police parade in front of the Berlin city palace. In the background, the Berlin Construction Academy built by K.F. Schinkel.

Military parade on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

A confluence of people has gathered to watch the military parade on the Day of Potsdam.

Painter Georg Marschall with his painting 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

The painter George Marschall withhis work, the handshake between Reich President Paul von Hindenburg and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitlerin the Garrison Church on the Day of Potsdam.

Designed telegramme from the Reichs Post, 1933

Designed telegramme of the Reichs post issued on the occasion of the 'Day of Potsdam'. It shows the Reichsadler (Germn eagle), the old imperial flags and swastika symbolism.

Adolf Hitler, Franz von Papen, Werner von Blomberg on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler with Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen and Defense Minister General Werner von Blomberg (from left) on the Day of Potsdam, 21 March 1933.

Alfred Hugenberg on the "Day of Potsdam", 1933

Minister of Economic Affairs and Food Alfred Hugenberg, Chairman of the German National People's Party, on the "Day of Potsdam".

Members of the Bismarck Federation, the party youth of the DNVP, 1933

Secondment of the youth organization of the German-National People's Party on the 'Day of Potsdam', the 21.03.1933 in Potsdam. On the black-white-red flags are national and monarchical motives, e.g. 'With God for Emperor and the Reich'.

Day of Potsdam, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler (standing) during his speech before the members of the Reichstag and the Reich government in the Garrison Church on the so-called Day of Potsdam, on 21 March 1933. On the altar behind Adolf Hitler lies the opened Bible, opposite of him is sitting the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg.

Hermann Goering and Konstantin von Neurath at the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

The Prussian Prime Minister Hermann Goering and Reich Foreign Minister Baron Konstantin von Neurath at the 'Day of Potsdam' in front of the Nikolai Church. On the exact day 62 years after the first Reichstag session in the Empire, the first Reichstag session after the seizure of power by the Nazis was opened on March 21, 1933. After the Reichstag fire, Potsdam was deliberately selected as the location for the formal constitution because of its tradition in Prussian history. One week earlier, the propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels appointed the 'Day of Potsdam' as a symbolic link 'of the old and the new Germany', the conservative sense of tradition and the national socialists' resolution for renewal.

Day of Potsdam

SA Group Leader Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia - nicknamed Auwi - speaking with SS leaders on the steps of the Nikolai church on the 'Day of Potsdam', March 21, 1933. 3rd from the left is SS Brigade Leader Prince Josias von Waldeck-Pyrmont.

Adolf Hitler in Postsdam, 1933

Adolf Hitler waits for the arrival of the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg before the Garrison Church in Potsdam. In the background formations of the Imperial German Army

Adolf Hitler, Sepp Dietrich and Joseph Goebbels, 1933

Adolf Hitler, Sepp Dietrich and Josef Goebbels at the Luisenstadt cemetery in Berlin before the opening of the Reichstag in Potsdam on the 21st of March, 1933.

Torchlight procession in Berlin, 1933

Torchlight procession of the national associations and the Student Union on 21 March 1933 ('Day of Potsdam') in Berlin.

Torchlight parade in Berlin on 21.03.1933

Torchlight procession of the national associations and the Student Union in Berlin on 21 March 1933 ('Day of Potsdam'). View from the Scherl publishing house.

Torchlight procession in Berlin on the 'Day of Potsdam', 1933

Torchlight procession of the national associations and the Student Union in Berlin on 21 March 1933 ('Day of Potsdam').

Paul von Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler in the Garnison's Chruch, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler during his speech at the Garrison Church at the so-called 'Day of Potsdam' before the Reich President Paul von Hindenburg, the members of his government and the Reichstag on 21 March 1933. Diagonally behind Hindenburg in civilian Reichstag President Herman Goering. On the bank front row from left: Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen and Reich Governor Franz Ritter von Epp.

Hitler and Hindenburg on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

The new Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler bows before Reich President Paul von Hindenburg when shaking hands. Hitler greets the Field Marshal upon his arrival in front of the Garnisonskirche in Potsdam. The New York Times photographer Theo Eisenhart's photo only acquired its iconic significance after 1945.

Hitler on the Day of Potsdam, 1933

Paul von Hindenburg in the Garrison Church in Potsdam surrounded by Hitler's cabinet. Hitler stands right behind Hindenburg, who reads a speech. Behind Hitler is Werner von Blomberg. Also on Hitler's left are the members of the cabinet: (from right) Konstantin von Neurath, Wilhelm Frick, Johann Ludwig Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, Alfred Hugenberg, Franz Seldte.

Magda Goebbels

Magda Goebbels collects on the 'Day of National Solidarity' on the Potsdam Square in front of the Columbus House, Berlin in December 1935.

Herman Goering in Potsdam, 1933

Hermann Goering makes a speech in the Berlin 'Lustgarten' (Pleasure Garden) on the 'Day of Potsdam'. The tribune is guarded by SS men of the SS Headquarters Guard, later the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

Torchlight procession through the Brandenburg Gate, 1933

Torchlight procession of the national associations and the Student Union in Berlin on 21. March 1933 ('Day of Potsdam'). For similar shots see image 339341 and 339322.

Adolf Hitler bows to Paul von Hindenburg, 1933

Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler welcomes Reich President Paul von Hindenburg in front of the Garrison Church on 21 March 1933, on the so-called 'Day of Potsdam'.

Day of Potsda, 1933

Crowds on the Long Bridge in Potsdam on 21 March 1933 during the celebrations in the Garrison Church at the so-called Day of Potsdam.