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Headline: Stahlhelm day in Munich, 1929Date: 02.06.1929Image text: On the banks of the river Isar, about 100,000 members gathered for a roll call. Here the leader Franz Seldte (on the podium) holds a speech on the consecration of new Reichskriegsflaggen (imperial war flags), among others also of detachments from the Gaus Southwest Africa and North America.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297028Stahlhelm day in Munich, 1929On the banks of the river Isar, about 100,000 members gathered for a roll call. Here the leader Franz Seldte (on the podium) holds a speech on the consecration of new Reichskriegsflaggen (imperial war flags), among others also of detachments from the Gaus Southwest Africa and North America.
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Headline: Ernst Thaelmann, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: Ernst Thalmann as a speaker at a KPD rally in front of the Berlin City Palace.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00372284Ernst Thaelmann, 1932Ernst Thalmann as a speaker at a KPD rally in front of the Berlin City Palace.
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Headline: Election rally of the NSDAP in Berlin, 1932Date: 04.04.1932Image text: Adolf Hitler holds a speech at an election rally of the NSDAP in the Berlin Lustgarten on 4 April 1932.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032251Election rally of the NSDAP in Berlin, 1932Adolf Hitler holds a speech at an election rally of the NSDAP in the Berlin Lustgarten on 4 April 1932.
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Headline: SS-Leibgarde during a speech of Goebbels, 1929Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Joseph Goebbels gave a speech at a protest meeting against the Young Plan, during the event he was protected by his SS bodyguard.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296933SS-Leibgarde during a speech of Goebbels, 1929Joseph Goebbels gave a speech at a protest meeting against the Young Plan, during the event he was protected by his SS bodyguard.
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Headline: Parade of the Bismarck Youth in Potsdam, around the 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: The youth organization of the DNVP (Deutschnationale Volkspartei) organized a parade in Potsdam, where these boys also marched with their imperial war flags and black-and-white-red flags of the empire (undated photo).Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00295684Parade of the Bismarck Youth in Potsdam, around the 1920sThe youth organization of the DNVP (Deutschnationale Volkspartei) organized a parade in Potsdam, where these boys also marched with their imperial war flags and black-and-white-red flags of the empire (undated photo).
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Headline: Flags company of the DNVP, 1924Date: 01.01.1924Image text: Procession of the flags company of the DNVP. In their flags the slogan is written 'With God for the emperor and the Reich'.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00032873Flags company of the DNVP, 1924Procession of the flags company of the DNVP. In their flags the slogan is written 'With God for the emperor and the Reich'.
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Headline: German Day in Halle, 1924Date: 11.05.1924Image text: Members of front fighter organizations and of Freikorps associations parade with swastika flags and the former Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial War Flag) on May 11 on the Deutscher Tag (German Day) in Halle.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296844German Day in Halle, 1924Members of front fighter organizations and of Freikorps associations parade with swastika flags and the former Reichskriegsflagge (Imperial War Flag) on May 11 on the Deutscher Tag (German Day) in Halle.
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Headline: "German Day" in Halle, 1924Date: 01.06.1924Image text: Delegations of the veteran associations march in field gray and steel helmets under the Reichskriegsflagge (imperial war flag), led by officers with drawn swords.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297171"German Day" in Halle, 1924Delegations of the veteran associations march in field gray and steel helmets under the Reichskriegsflagge (imperial war flag), led by officers with drawn swords.
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Headline: Lectern during a Stahlhelm march in Berlin, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: On the Tempelhof field the Stahlhelm is holding a demonstration at which a speech is held in several microphones from a tower-like podium. The podium is decorated with the black-white-red flag of the empire, on a flagpole is a flag with the symbol of the Stahlhelm.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297077Lectern during a Stahlhelm march in Berlin, 1932On the Tempelhof field the Stahlhelm is holding a demonstration at which a speech is held in several microphones from a tower-like podium. The podium is decorated with the black-white-red flag of the empire, on a flagpole is a flag with the symbol of the Stahlhelm.
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Headline: Jugendstaffelheim of the DNVP, around the 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: In a recently inaugurated Staffelheim (squadron headquarters) of the DNVP (German National People's Party) in the Prenzlauer Strasse in Berlin, uniformed members of the party are busy with reading. The so-called squadrons were founded by the DNVP as a youth organization of the party. On the left there is a picture of Emperor William I. The black-white-red flag of the empire is hanging next to it.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296668Jugendstaffelheim of the DNVP, around the 1920sIn a recently inaugurated Staffelheim (squadron headquarters) of the DNVP (German National People's Party) in the Prenzlauer Strasse in Berlin, uniformed members of the party are busy with reading. The so-called squadrons were founded by the DNVP as a youth organization of the party. On the left there is a picture of Emperor William I. The black-white-red flag of the empire is hanging next to it.
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Headline: Members of the Bismarck Federation, the party youth of the DNVP, 1933Date: 21.03.1933Image text: 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'.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00102226Members of the Bismarck Federation, the party youth of the DNVP, 1933Secondment 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'.
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Headline: Reich meeting of the Deutsche Bismarckbund in Potsdam, 1930Date: 01.01.1930Image text: The members of the Stahlhelm and the Bismarckbund gather in Postdam for the Midsummer Festival and a Heldengedenkfeier (Heroes' Memorial Day). Here, participants with their respective flags. On a flag, the slogan "With God for the Emperor and the Kingdom".Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297027Reich meeting of the Deutsche Bismarckbund in Potsdam, 1930The members of the Stahlhelm and the Bismarckbund gather in Postdam for the Midsummer Festival and a Heldengedenkfeier (Heroes' Memorial Day). Here, participants with their respective flags. On a flag, the slogan "With God for the Emperor and the Kingdom".
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Headline: March of the Bismarck Youth through Berlin, around the 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: A division of the youth organization of the DNVP (German National People's Party) marches through the streets of the Berlin district Gross-Glienicke with a black-and-white-red flag bearing the inscription "With God for the Emperor and the Reich" (Undated photo).Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00295683March of the Bismarck Youth through Berlin, around the 1920sA division of the youth organization of the DNVP (German National People's Party) marches through the streets of the Berlin district Gross-Glienicke with a black-and-white-red flag bearing the inscription "With God for the Emperor and the Reich" (Undated photo).
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Headline: March of German Frontsoldaten / Stahlhelm in Munich, 1929Date: 02.06.1929Image text: At the beginning of June, more than 100,000 members of the Stahlhelm gathered in Munich. The highlight of the event was the demonstration of the 100,000 members on the Isarwiesen and the march past of the Stahlhelm leaders Franz Seldte and Theodor Duesterberg. In the first row of the Gaue Potsdam, the Princes of Hohenzollern, Eitel Friedrich, August Wilhelm, and Oskar of Prussia. On the left a marching band is playing while Seldte and Duesterberg pass by and salute.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297141March of German Frontsoldaten / Stahlhelm in Munich, 1929At the beginning of June, more than 100,000 members of the Stahlhelm gathered in Munich. The highlight of the event was the demonstration of the 100,000 members on the Isarwiesen and the march past of the Stahlhelm leaders Franz Seldte and Theodor Duesterberg. In the first row of the Gaue Potsdam, the Princes of Hohenzollern, Eitel Friedrich, August Wilhelm, and Oskar of Prussia. On the left a marching band is playing while Seldte and Duesterberg pass by and salute.
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Headline: Bismarck youth during a parade in Szczecin, around the 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: Members of the youth organization of the DNVP (German National People's Party), the Bismarckbund) march up in front of the Stettiner Messehalle with their flags. Besides the old imperial black-white-red flags with the inscription "with God for emperor and realm", the imperial war flag is also visible (Undated photo).Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00295680Bismarck youth during a parade in Szczecin, around the 1920sMembers of the youth organization of the DNVP (German National People's Party), the Bismarckbund) march up in front of the Stettiner Messehalle with their flags. Besides the old imperial black-white-red flags with the inscription "with God for emperor and realm", the imperial war flag is also visible (Undated photo).
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Headline: Celebration on the 100th birthday of Emperor Frederick III, 1931Date: 01.01.1931Image text: Members of the veterans' associations parade with their flags before the princes of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The event was attended, among others by Crown Prince William and Crown Princess Cecilia, Prince Eitel Friedrich and Prince Oscar of Prussia.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297173Celebration on the 100th birthday of Emperor Frederick III, 1931Members of the veterans' associations parade with their flags before the princes of the imperial House of Hohenzollern. The event was attended, among others by Crown Prince William and Crown Princess Cecilia, Prince Eitel Friedrich and Prince Oscar of Prussia.
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Headline: Election poster of the NSDAP on an advertising column, 1932Date: 01.01.1932Image text: The Nazis advertise Adolf Hitler with election posters for the parliamentary elections in 1932. On the posters is suggested that Hitler is a fighter against chaos, civil war and inflation.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296905Election poster of the NSDAP on an advertising column, 1932The Nazis advertise Adolf Hitler with election posters for the parliamentary elections in 1932. On the posters is suggested that Hitler is a fighter against chaos, civil war and inflation.
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Headline: Election poster of the Voelkischer Block, 1924Date: 01.01.1924Image text: After the ban of the NSDAP as a successor partythe Volkischer Block was formed, which instigated with anti-parliamentary posters such as this electoral advertising. A fist, grown out of a swastika, crushes a parliament.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296903Election poster of the Voelkischer Block, 1924After the ban of the NSDAP as a successor partythe Volkischer Block was formed, which instigated with anti-parliamentary posters such as this electoral advertising. A fist, grown out of a swastika, crushes a parliament.
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Headline: Election poster of the NSDAP, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: On this poster the National Socialists try to put at the center of their election campaign the corruption of the parliamentary system during the Weimar Republic.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296900Election poster of the NSDAP, 1928On this poster the National Socialists try to put at the center of their election campaign the corruption of the parliamentary system during the Weimar Republic.
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Headline: A poster of the KAPD calls for election boycott, 1920Date: 01.01.1920Image text: The left wing of the KPD joined the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) in early 1920 and called on the workers not to vote. In placards like these they made it clear why they were against elections and parliaments.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296753A poster of the KAPD calls for election boycott, 1920The left wing of the KPD joined the Communist Workers' Party of Germany (KAPD) in early 1920 and called on the workers not to vote. In placards like these they made it clear why they were against elections and parliaments.
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Headline: Title page of the "Rote Fahne" from 18 March 1921Date: 18.03.1921Image text: In a morning edition, "Die Rote Fahne", the central body of the Communist Party, recalls the Paris Commune in the article "The Skirmish of the World Revolution."Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296747Title page of the "Rote Fahne" from 18 March 1921In a morning edition, "Die Rote Fahne", the central body of the Communist Party, recalls the Paris Commune in the article "The Skirmish of the World Revolution."
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Headline: Regiments' Day of the Guards in Potsdam, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: On the 240th anniversary of the 1. Garderegiment ( 1st Guard Regiment), a regimental day was held at Potsdamer Platz. The event was attended by the former Commandant-General of the Guards Corps Karl von Plettenberg (marked with a cross) and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (two crosses).Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297162Regiments' Day of the Guards in Potsdam, 1928On the 240th anniversary of the 1. Garderegiment ( 1st Guard Regiment), a regimental day was held at Potsdamer Platz. The event was attended by the former Commandant-General of the Guards Corps Karl von Plettenberg (marked with a cross) and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (two crosses).
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Headline: Guards Regiment's Day in Potsdam, 1928Date: 01.01.1928Image text: A parade is held in Potsdam to commemorate the 240th anniversary of the 1st Garderegiment. A high officer and three soldiers in traditional uniforms lead the parade with the standard and flag of the regiment.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297160Guards Regiment's Day in Potsdam, 1928A parade is held in Potsdam to commemorate the 240th anniversary of the 1st Garderegiment. A high officer and three soldiers in traditional uniforms lead the parade with the standard and flag of the regiment.
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Headline: Frontkaempfertag (Frontline soldiers' day) in Berlin, 1921Date: 01.01.1921Image text: As part of the Frontkaempfertag (frontline fighters day) the Freiwilligen-Corps Bruessow marches in the capital in front of spectators with their Corps flag.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297154Frontkaempfertag (Frontline soldiers' day) in Berlin, 1921As part of the Frontkaempfertag (frontline fighters day) the Freiwilligen-Corps Bruessow marches in the capital in front of spectators with their Corps flag.
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Headline: Veterans' meeting of the Berlin Garde-Jaeger, 1926Date: 01.01.1926Image text: A uniformed officer inspects the veterans, who have gathered in civilian clothes with orders on their breasts.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297153Veterans' meeting of the Berlin Garde-Jaeger, 1926A uniformed officer inspects the veterans, who have gathered in civilian clothes with orders on their breasts.
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Headline: Last parade in the Prussian NCO school in Potsdam before the dissolution, 1920Date: 24.03.1920Image text: Farewell parade of graduates of the NCO School in imperial uniform that has to be closed in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297152Last parade in the Prussian NCO school in Potsdam before the dissolution, 1920Farewell parade of graduates of the NCO School in imperial uniform that has to be closed in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles.
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Headline: Dissolution of the Hauptkadettenanstalt (cadet school) in Berlin-Lichterfelde, 1920Date: 24.03.1920Image text: The dissolution of the institution as laid down in the Versailles Treaty is celebrated with a farewell parade of the cadets in the old uniforms of the Imperial Army.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297151Dissolution of the Hauptkadettenanstalt (cadet school) in Berlin-Lichterfelde, 1920The dissolution of the institution as laid down in the Versailles Treaty is celebrated with a farewell parade of the cadets in the old uniforms of the Imperial Army.
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Headline: Celebration of the Prussian 1st Guards Regiment, circa 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: Uniformed officers and generals of the empire inspect the regiment members who are dressed in civilian clothes and are decorated with orders.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00297144Celebration of the Prussian 1st Guards Regiment, circa 1920sUniformed officers and generals of the empire inspect the regiment members who are dressed in civilian clothes and are decorated with orders.
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Headline: Children at a communist propaganda campaign, circa 1920sDate: 01.01.1920Image text: Children pull a small cart with posters and banners of the KPD (German Communist Party). On a poster are the sentences "What brought you the Reichstag." and "For a Soviet Germany".Photo: ScherlImage number: 00296735Children at a communist propaganda campaign, circa 1920sChildren pull a small cart with posters and banners of the KPD (German Communist Party). On a poster are the sentences "What brought you the Reichstag." and "For a Soviet Germany".
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Headline: Communist mass demonstration in Berlin, 1926Date: 01.01.1926Image text: At a demonstration of the KPD protesters hold up signs and cardboard figures.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00296694Communist mass demonstration in Berlin, 1926At a demonstration of the KPD protesters hold up signs and cardboard figures.
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Headline: Participants of the '1. Reichskriegertag' (Reich Fighters Day)in LeipzigDate: 01.01.1925Image text: Former soldiers, decorated with orders and medals stand in row in uniforms of the old imperial army at the 1st Reichskriegertag (Reich Fighters Day).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00049728Participants of the '1. Reichskriegertag' (Reich Fighters Day)in LeipzigFormer soldiers, decorated with orders and medals stand in row in uniforms of the old imperial army at the 1st Reichskriegertag (Reich Fighters Day).
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Headline: Participants of the '1st Reichskriegertag' (Reich Fighters Day) in LeipzigDate: 01.01.1925Image text: Former soldiers, decorated with orders and medals stand in row in uniforms of the old imperial army at the 1st Reichskriegertag (Reich Fighters Day).Photo: ScherlImage number: 00049736Participants of the '1st Reichskriegertag' (Reich Fighters Day) in LeipzigFormer soldiers, decorated with orders and medals stand in row in uniforms of the old imperial army at the 1st Reichskriegertag (Reich Fighters Day).
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Headline: Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria at a wreath-laying ceremony on the 'Reichskriegertag'Date: 01.01.1929Image text: Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria lays a wreath at the meeting of the former soldiers in Munich. Prince Rupprecht was there as a guest of honor at the 3rd Reichskriegertag (Reich Fighters Day) to which gathered about 80,000 veterans.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00049727Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria at a wreath-laying ceremony on the 'Reichskriegertag'Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria lays a wreath at the meeting of the former soldiers in Munich. Prince Rupprecht was there as a guest of honor at the 3rd Reichskriegertag (Reich Fighters Day) to which gathered about 80,000 veterans.
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Headline: Rupprecht of Bavaria, at the Army and Navy Day in Nuremberg, 1926Date: 01.01.1926Image text: Officers of the old imperial army, at the Army and Navy Day, among them Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (left standing in the front group) and Field Marshal von Mackensen (right behind Rupprecht). The officers wear imperial uniforms with spiked helmets.Photo: ScherlImage number: 00049729Rupprecht of Bavaria, at the Army and Navy Day in Nuremberg, 1926Officers of the old imperial army, at the Army and Navy Day, among them Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria (left standing in the front group) and Field Marshal von Mackensen (right behind Rupprecht). The officers wear imperial uniforms with spiked helmets.
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Headline: Canvassing of the NSDAP during the Reichstag election campaign 1930Date: 01.01.1937Image text: An election poster of the NSDAP in the election campaign in 1930: it campaigns with the destruction of the German "party system". On the poster "Rolling pitch the old box party system with rotten masts. All of Germany shouts and jubilates when List 9 torpedes it". The List 9 comes from the submarine U9, which drowned three British cruisers in the First World War. The banner is part of an exhibition in the Gau Westfalen Nord of the NSDAP. The poster from the so-called "Kampfzeit" comes from Tivoli in Schoetmer near Salzuflen.Photo: ScherlImage number: 02428867Canvassing of the NSDAP during the Reichstag election campaign 1930An election poster of the NSDAP in the election campaign in 1930: it campaigns with the destruction of the German "party system". On the poster "Rolling pitch the old box party system with rotten masts. All of Germany shouts and jubilates when List 9 torpedes it". The List 9 comes from the submarine U9, which drowned three British cruisers in the First World War. The banner is part of an exhibition in the Gau Westfalen Nord of the NSDAP. The poster from the so-called "Kampfzeit" comes from Tivoli in Schoetmer near Salzuflen.
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Headline: Rally against the expropriation without compensation of the Princes in Berlin, 1926Date: 01.01.1926Image text: Look at the standard-bearer with the imperial war flag during a demonstration against the expropriation without compensation of the Princes at the referendum. In the background the statue of Wilhelm I.Photo: SZ PhotoImage number: 00165721Rally against the expropriation without compensation of the Princes in Berlin, 1926Look at the standard-bearer with the imperial war flag during a demonstration against the expropriation without compensation of the Princes at the referendum. In the background the statue of Wilhelm I.
DOSSIER Resistance against Weimar republic from both political sides 36 Images



