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Seizure of the Karl Liebknecht house in Berlin, 1933

After Hitler's appointment to the new Reich Chancellor, the SA ruled the streets of Berlin. Our picture shows the seizure of the Liebknecht house by the Nazis. The Sturmabteilung run up a war ensign of the Reich and a swastika flag.

Murder inventigation of the case of SA man Hölger, 1933

The murderers of the SA man Hölger, Lange and Siedelmann, visit the scene of the crime in Blumenau near Berlin. They shot the 'Sturmabteilung' man in July 1933.

Burning of the the German flag by National socialists, 1933

Members of the SA (Sturmabteilung) and policeman burn the German black-red-golden flag and replace it by a swastika flag in front of the local court in Wedding-Berlin as a symbol of the takeover of the Nazi regime.

Inauguration of the Hermann Göring street in Berlin, 1933

Men of the SA (Sturmabteilung) and passants watch the inauguration ceremony of the new Hermann Göring street in Berlin, which was formerly known as Friedrich Ebert street.

Confiscated union's house in Kochel, 1933

A former union's house in Kochel, Bavaria, which had been confiscated by the National Socialsists during the national action against the 'red' unions and turned into a NSKK school, a school of the National Socialist automobile corps.

Occupation by the Sturmabteilung, 1933

Members of the SA occupy union buildings and journals.

Occupation of a bank by SA men, 1933

A company of SA (Sturmabteilung) men in front of the "Arbeiterbank", a bank for workers in Berlin, which had been occupied during the national action against the "red" worker's unions.

Confiscated weapons of the KPD, 1933

Guns, which have been confiscated by National socialists from members of the German Communist Party (KPD) to demonstrate their revolutionary intentions. From the Revolution Museum of the 6th standard in Berlin.

A swastika flag in Danzig, 1933

A swastika flag waves on a Danzig union building after the union hall was sequestrated by the Nazis.

SA men in front of the Karl Liebknecht House in Berlin, 1933

Members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) occupy the Karl Liebknecht House of the Communist Party (KP).

SA Guard of Honour in Berlin-Köpenick, 1933

Members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) form a Guard of Honour in front of a house in Alte Dahlwitzer street, Berlin-Köpenick, in which a SA special constable had been shot the night before by a marxists.

The Sturmabteilung occupies the Chamber of Trade, 1933

Occupation of the Chamber of Trade in Berlin by the Sturmabteilung.

SS ans SA men during their swearing in as police constables, 1933

An officer of the security police swears in members of the Schutzstaffel (SS) in Berlin. After the fire in the Reichstag, Minister of the Interior Goering asserted the employment of members of the Sturmabteilung (SA) and the SS as special police constables.

Arrival of detainees at the KZ Dachau, 1933

A group of detainees arrives at the concentration camp (KZ) Dachau. The KZ was the first camp erected by the Munich chief of Police Heinrich Himmler, in which political enemiesof the NSDAP especially members of the German communist party (KPD) and dissidents were detained.

Concentration camp Oranienburg, 1933

After the Reichstag fire, the new concentration camps were filled with protective custody prisoners like in the KZ Oranienburg near Berlin.

Concentration camp prisoners working, 1933

Forced labor in the Dachau concentration camp: on the left a SA post, on the right two prisoners doing some gardening work.

Demolition of Social Democratic offices in Eger, 1938

Demolished offices of Sudeten German Social democrats in Eger (Hungary).

The Sturmabteilung as auxiliary police, 1933

Goering orders that the SA acts as auxiliary police and that they get arms. Horrible crimes against former political enemies take place.

The greatest rascal all over the country, 1933

The caricature by Olaf Gulbransson from the Simplicissimus magazine creates the impression that denunciation was proscribed by the Nazis. But quite the contrary, informers and denouncers fell always on sympathetic ears for their accusations.

Concentration camp Dachau, 1933

One of the few pictures of the concentration camp Dachau in the year 1933.

Reichstag elections in Berlin, 1933

The national National Socialist auxiliary police patrol through the streets of Berlin the day of the Reichstag elections.

Caricature of the goon squad of the Sturmabteilung, 1933

A daring caricature of the illustrator Olaf Gulbransson in the Simplicissimus magazine from 5th march 1933, the day of the Reichstag elections.

Caricature of the police practice, 1933

Caricature by Erich Schilling from the Simplicissimus magazine from 16th february 1933. The policemen (with Hitler moustache) tar and feather the political opposition.

Jakob Deffner reveals a commemorative plaque in Munich, 1983

The borough chairman of the German Federation of Trade Unions Jakob Deffner reveals a commemorative plaque in memory of the home of the Free Trade Unions in Munich before the Third Reich.

Political April fool hoax in the press, 1933

The German national press published vulgar April fool hoaxes concerning political ennemies yesterday's. Photomontages should ridicule well-known people of the Weimar Republic like the former Prussian Minister-President Otto Braun.

Political April fool hoaxes in the press, 1933

Propaganda of the NS regime, 1933

A crush of people standing in line to see some written evidence of an expensive banquet of the Hamburg gas works. A government controlled exposition with the objective of discrediting the Weimar Republic.

A picture of Lenin hanging from the gallows, 1933

The Moltkeplatz in Landsberg: All flags, pictures, banners and instruments of the local communist party are burnt on a stake in public. Next to it, the hung a picture of Lenin from the gallows.

Joseph Goebbels in the Berlin Sportpalast, 1933

Great rally in the Berlin Sportpalast with a speech delivered by Dr Joseph Goebbels.

SA squad in Berlin, 1933

A Sturmabteilung squad occupies a union building in Berlin, 2 May 1933.

A Horst Wessel memorial, 1933

During the Horst Wessel memorial in Berlin, every window had to be closed. This was controlled by auxiliary policemen.

Anouncement of the death sentence, 1933

In a Nazi-court, the accused Mr. Güttig of the German Communist Party (KPD) Güttig is sentenced to death over the murder of the SS (Schutzstaffel) squad leader Kurt von Aki. His fellow party members are sentenced to a confinement in prison.

NSDAP exhibition in the Berlin town hall, 1933

A man of the RAD (German labour service) looks at badges and etcettes which were found during the confiscation of the Karl Liebknecht House in Berlin. This is part of the exhibition '10 years fight for Berlin', which commemorated the 10 year celebrations of the existence of the NSDAP district of Berlin in the Berlin town's hall. In the background, a uniform of the DNF (German National Front), which was the National German People's Party (DNVP) before 1933.

Joseph Goebbels during a speech in the Sportpalast, 1934

Joseph Goebbels during a speach in the Sportpalast in Berlin under the motto 'Fight agains the complainers'. When the Nazi-regime could still not show progress in the reduction of unemployment in 1934, the regime started a campagen against all 'complainers' and 'defeatists'.

Seizure of the Karl Liebknecht house in Berlin, 1933

After Hitler's appointment to the new Reich Chancellor, the SA ruled the streets of Berlin. Our picture shows the seizure of the Liebknecht house by the Nazis.

The satirical German weekly magazine Simplicissimus, 1933

Title page of a issue of the Simplicissimus magazine from march 1933. Caricature of the 'preparations' on the part of the NS regime for the Reichstag elections, 5th march 1933. The SA breaks down all opposition in the back.

Terror against prominent radio managers, 1933

The National Socialists wanted to use the radio as propaganda instrument. They deported some prominent radio managers to the concentration camp Oranienburg to intimidate the others. F.l.t.r. Heilmann, Alfred Braun, Gieseke, Dr Flesch and Magnus.

Border control of a ship, 1933

German police controll a Scandinavian boat, which is about to leave an habour at the Baltic Sea. Since the takeover of Nazi regime, the borders of the German Reich were controlled even more strictly to avoid the elope of dissidents. (film scene from 'Schuesse an der grenze', 1933)

Border control of a ship, 1933

SPD election banners, 1933

SPD (Social Democratic Party of Germany) election banners at the editorial office and publishing house of the party newspaper "Vorwärts" (Forward) at Lindenstraße 3 in Berlin in the run-up to the Reichstag election on 5 March 1933.

Seizure of the "Forward"-House, 1933

Police guard the occupied editorial office and publishing house of the Social Democrat party newspaper "Vorwärts" (Forward) in Berlin. The police guards the "Forward"-house after the district court II Berlin seized all of the SPD's (Social Democratic Party of Germany) assets, their newspapers and the Reich Banner.

SA stormtroopers stand on the steps of the occupied Neukoelln town hall tearing up the black red and gold flag of the Weimar Republic, Berlin 1933 (b/w photo)

On the left of the picture stands a policeman, SA troops and protection police had occupied the town hall to look for weapons, Such actions served the purpose of intimidating political opponents of the National Socialists, Ein SA-Sturmtrupp vor dem Eingang des Rathauses in Berlin-Neukoelln mit einer heruntergerissenen schwarz-rot-goldenen Fahne der Weimarer Republik, 1933. Links steht ein Polizist. SA-Trupps und Schutzpolizei hatten das Rathaus besetzt, um dort nach Waffen zu suchen. Solche Aktionen dienten der Einschuechterung politischer Gegner der Nationalsozialisten,

Elimination of political opponents after the seizure of power in 1933

Members of the SA occupy a building of the Bank der Arbeiter, Angestellten und Beamten (Bank of workers, employees and officials) in Berlin.

Elimination of political opponents after the seizure of power in 1933

In a notice of the Secret State Police Office, the population is invited to participate in the discovery of the assets that have not been seized yet of the previously banned Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).

Elimination of political opponents after the seizure of power in 1933

The Karl Liebknecht House in Berlin, home of the party leadership of the Communist Party is occupied by the police on the orders of the National Socialist regime on 23 March 1933 and then it is closed. In the picture the newspaper notice the 'Red Flag' is seized.

Elimination of political opponents after the seizure of power in 1933

Members of the SA occupy the building of the Bank der Arbeiter, Angestellten und Beamten (Bank of workers, employees and officials) on the Wallstrasse in Berlin.

Appeal to the confiscation of SPD funds, 1933

At an advertisement column hangs a poster, with which the secret police asks the population to assist in the detection of the allegedly transferred SPD funds.

Berliner newspaper seller, 1934

The newsagent Wilhelm Doering in front of a display with press products of the Berlin Verlag Scherl.

Trial against the German Communist Party self-defense force.

View of the courtroom of jury court Moabit against members of the Communist Party self-defense force, whose leader, Erich Mielke was sent in 1931 by his party in the Soviet Union. To him were attributed at last the deaths of two police captains, the Captain's Lenk and Anlauf.

Search of a car through the Police, 1933

Security Police searches a car in the Wilhelm street in Berlin. Upon order of the Secret State Police (Gestapo) on 25. July 1933 at exactly 12 o'clock, cars, trains, and other transport in the whole of Germany were stopped and searched by police, auxiliary police, train security and SA- and SS-Units. Officially they were looking for weapons of the communistic party and other 'Anti-State Elements'.

Ernst Heilmann in the concentration camp Oranienburg, 1933

Ernst Heilmann, former SPD leader in the Prussian parliament, as a political prisoner in the concentration camp Oranienburg.

Matz Braun puppet hangs from the gallows in Saarbrücken, 1935

The symbolic body of the Saarland politician Max Braun alias Matz Braun who has spoken against the mouvement 'Heim ins Reich' (back into the Reich).

The 'Altona Bloody Sunday' trial, 1933

The defendants in the process of the so-called Altona Bloody Sunday during the delivery of the judgment: top left, August Luetgens, standing from left: Herbig, Sengespeik, Bruno Tesch, Karl Wolff and Walter Moeller. At the very front: Wolter. Second row from right:. Uhle, Luenstaeden, Wolgast and Jacob.

The trial of Peters, Adolf Scheidt, Heinrich Hirtsiefer and Gerlich, 1935

The trial of Peters, Adolf (?) Scheidt, Heinrich Hirtsiefer and Gerlich in the Schwurgericht (jury court) of Moabit.

Broadcasting trial in Berlin, 1934

Dr. Hans Bredow, radiofrequency technician, Germany, chairman of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft (RRG) is being interrogated while standing. Accused with him: Zorek, Korte, Dr. Jaeger, Dr. Kohl, Otto and Flesch.

Gleichschaltung (forcible-coordination): SA occupies union companies, 1933

SA men occupy the magazine publishing house of trade unions in Berlin.

Franz von Papen and Franz Seldte with boys of the German Youth, 1933

The right-wing conservative allies of Hitler, Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen (left) and Reich Minister for Labour Franz Seldte (right), amid members of the Deutsches Jungvolk (German Youth), a subdivision of the Hitler Youth, at a folksong competition at the Kroll Opera House in Berlin in November 1933.

Hitler Youth delegations at a youth service, 1934

Youth service at Berlin Cathedral in celebration of the complete integration of the Evangelisches Jugendwerk, a Protestant youth league, into the Hitler Youth. Numerous Hitler Youth delegations attended the service and brought their flags. The sermon was held by Ernst Zahn, youth pastor of the Protestant Church. The service was transmitted on all German radio stations.

Occupation of the DNVP party headquarters in Berlin, 1933

A flying squad of uniformed policemen occupies the party headquarters of the German National People's Party (DNVP) on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße in Berlin with the help of uniformed SA men.

Occupation of the DNVP party headquarters in Berlin, 1933

A flying squad of uniformed policemen occupies the party headquarters of the German National People's Party (DNVP) on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße in Berlin with the help of uniformed SA men.

Occupation of the DNVP party headquarters in Berlin, 1933

A flying squad of uniformed policemen occupies the party headquarters of the German National People's Party (DNVP) on Friedrich-Ebert-Straße in Berlin with the help of uniformed SA men.

Street decorated with flags, 1933

A street decorated with flags, probably 1933. At this early stage of Nazi rule the street still shows vastly more black, white and red imperial German flags, used by Hitler's right-wing conservative allies, than swastika flags.

Terrace front decorated with flags, 1935

A terrace front in Berlin decorated with swastika flags and the black, white and red imperial flags of Hitler's right-wing conservative allies on Heldengedenktag (the Nazi German Memorial Day) 1935. After 1935 the flags of Hitler's former allies vanished from such celebrations.

Prince Hubertus, Princess Cecilie and Prince Friedrich of Prussia, 1933

Three children of German Crown Prince Wilhelm of Prussia: Prince Hubertus (left) and Prince Friedrich (right) in SA leader uniforms with their sister Princess Cecilie.

Burning boundary posts, 1933

The Hitler Youth burns old Prussian, Hessian and Bavarian inner German boundary posts at the Römerberg in Frankfurt. A symbolic rejection of federalism.

Digging up old boundary stones, 1933

Members of the Hitler Youth from Lübeck and Oldenburg dig up old boundary stones between federal states and smash them. A symbolic rejection of federalism.

Opening session of the new Prussian Landtag, 1933

The opening session of the new Prussian Landtag on 22 March 1933. It is presided over by the Father of the House, retired General Karl Litzmann.

Swearing in of auxiliary policemen in Darmstadt, 1933

The new police commissioner of Hesse Heinrich Müller during the swearing in of auxiliary policemen in Darmstadt. Members of the Stahlhelm are sworn in by handshake.

Hermann Göring inspects Berlin policemen, 1933

Prussian Minister-President Hermann Göring inspects Berlin policemen and men of the police Motorstaffel accompanied by police commander Geibel.

Destruction of boundary stones and signs, 1933

Members of the Hitler Youth destroy inner German boundary stones and signs of the German federal states at the Roemerberg in Frankfurt. A symbolic rejection of federalism.

Hermann Göring gives a speech at the House of Lords of Prussia in Berlin, 1933

Prussian Minister-President Hermann Goering during his opening address at the constitutive session of the Prussian State Council at the House of Lords of Prussia in Berlin.

Opening session of the new Prussian Landtag, 1933

The new President of the Prussian Landtag, the National Socialist Hanns Kerrl, takes over proceedings. Next to him the Father of the House, retired General Karl Litzmann.

Göring inspects policemen, SA-men and members of the Stahlhelm in Potsdam, 1933

Prussian Minister-President Hermann Göring inspects policemen, SA-men and members of the Stahlhelm on the occasion of a session of the State Council at the New Palace in Potsdam.

Opening session of the new Prussian Landtag, 1933

The opening session of the new Prussian Landtag on 22 March 1933. It is presided over by the Father of the House, retired General Karl Litzmann.

Opening session of the new Prussian Landtag, 1933

The opening session of the new Prussian Landtag on 22 March 1933. It is presided over by the Father of the House, retired General Karl Litzmann.

Session of the Prussian Landtag, 1933

President of the Prussian Landtag Hanns Kerrl gives a speech at a session of the Prussian Landtag on 4 February 1933.

Session of the Prussian Landtag, 1933

President of the Prussian Landtag Hanns Kerrl gives a speech at a session of the Prussian Landtag on 4 February 1933.

Ceremonial opening of the Prussian State Council in Berlin, 1933

Prussian Minister-President Hermann Goering at the lectern during the ceremonial opening of the Prussian State Council in Berlin. Behind him his standard, escorted by two police officers, to the left and right of the lectern the standards of SA and SS.

The Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich, 1934

The Law for the Reconstruction of the Reich from 30 January 1934 signed by President of the German Reich Paul von Hindenburg, Chancellor of the German Reich Adolf Hitler and Reich Minister of the Interior Wilhelm Frick. The law abolished the the independence of the German state governments.

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Funeral of SA-Fuehrer Hans Maikowski and the policeman Josef Zauritz and trial of communists, 30.1.1933

Funeral procession after the death of the SA-Fuehrer Hans Maikowski and the police officer Josef Zauritz in Berlin. In the picture, the car with the coffin of Josef Zauritz with a guard of honor of the Berlin Schutzpolizei in front. On the roadside a crowd of SA-Mann greet with the Nazi salute. Both men were shot dead by SA-Mann Buske on the night of 30.01.1933, subsequently the Communists were charged with the crime.

Funeral of SA-Fuehrer Hans Maikowski and the policeman Josef Zauritz, 30.1.1933

View of the Berlin Cathedral during the funeral of the policeman Josef Zauritz, shot dead by SA-Mann Buske, and of SA-Fuehrer Maikowski. The propaganda had announced that communists had committed the crime.

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists, 30.01.1933

Funerals of German SA leader Hans Maikowsky and police officer Josef Zauritz and trials against communists

Concentration camp Oranienburg near Berlin

Immediately after the so-called Seizure of Power the SA-storms began with the establishment of "wild" concentration camps where they locked up opponents of the Nazis whom after the long lasting conflicts exactly known, imprisoned and part of them tortured seriously. Entrance to the concentration camp of the SA regiment 208 in Oranienburg.

III Reich - Bernhard Kuhnt 1933

The SPD politician Bernhard Kuhnt is exposed in public after his arrest on March 9, 1933 by the SA Marine Storm Chemnitz. The caption of the SA man who circulated this and other photographs of the arrest like postcards reads: "Oberheizer und Novemberverbrecher Kuhnt auf der Fahrt zur Reinigung des Chemnitzer Strassenbildes, verhaftet am 9.III.33 durch Marinesturm Chemnitz." Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv [automated translation]

III. empire - concentration camp Oranienburg 1933

In the camp yard of the Oranienburg concentration camp, SA men stand in front of SPD party functionaries and members of the broadcasting company, from left to right: Ernst Heilmann (SPD), Friedrich Ebert (SPD), Alfred Braun (reporter at the Berlin broadcasting company, actor, director), Heinrich Giesecke (director of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft), Hans Flesch (director of the Berlin broadcasting company), Kurt Magnus (chairman of the board of the Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft), photographed in August 1933. Photo: Fotoarchiv fuer Zeitgeschichte/Archiv [automated translation]