PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1927)

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REICHSPARTEITAG
(NAZI PARTY RALLY)

The Reich's Party Convention Rally, Reichsparteitag or Nurnberg Rallies, as they are better known in English, were the annual celebration and propaganda show piece for the Nazi Party. In the early years (1923 to 1929) it was held on a somewhat ad-hoc basis (money permitting). However in 1933 it became a permanent fixture of the Nazi calendar.

From 1927 onwards all of the rallies were held in Nuremberg, chosen for it's geographical location at the centre of the Reich. The Nazi base was also strong in the city and the local organiser, Julius Streicher, had powerful connections to the local Franconian police force who were also sympathetic to the Nazi cause.

THIRD NAZI PARTY RALLY - NÜRNBERG
DAY OF AWAKENING
(19th/21st Aug 1927)

The 1927 rally was titled 'The Day of Awakening'

The rally is most remembered due to the filming of the first rally documentary 'Eine Symphonie des Kampfwillens', 'A Symphony of the Will to Fight' directed by Julius Lippert with cinematography by Robert Eibig. The documentary is a silent movie lasting around 20 minutes with some German language subtitles. Like later documentaries filmed at future rallies the film is a record of the highlights of the rally. Loyal Nazi's are seen arriving in all manner of vehicles from trains to cars and trucks to those who walked to the venue. There is an air of informality when compared to the grand buildings seen in the 1930's rallies.

One significant sequence sees Adolf Hitler greeting members from occupied regions of the Reich, notably the Rhineland and Austria, and his promise that they will be freed and all foreign forces removed from the Reich. A promise he was to eventually fulfill.