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The 1938 Nuremberg Rally"

Background: We tend to think of Nazism in black and white, since most photographs and films are in black and white. But the Nazis used color to excellent effect. Here are three photographs of the 1938 Nuremberg rally.

The source: The first two illustrations are from Hanns Kerrl, Reichstagung in Nürnberg 1938 (Berlin: Vaterländischer Verlag C. M. Weller, 1939). The third is the cover of NS Frauen-Warte, the first October issue of 1938.

Nuremberg 1938

1938 Nuremberg Rally
This photograph is of the S.A. rally. Note the camera on the white platform directly ahead of Hitler.
1938 Nuremberg Rally
Late in each rally, there was a huge parade in the center of Nuremberg. If you have seen Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will, you will recognize the scene. Second to the left is Rudolf Heß, to the right Hermann Göring.
1938 Nuremberg Rally
Hitler reviews the parade in the center of Nuremberg.

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