PROPAGANDA POSTCARDS
(1929)

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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.

FOURTH NAZI PARTY RALLY - NÜRNBERG
DAY OF COMPOSURE
(1st/4th Aug 1929)

The 1929 rally was titled 'The Day of Composure'

The 1929 rally saw the production of another documentary film, this time directed by Baldur von Schirach (head of the Hitler Youth from 1931 to 1940) with cinematography by Alfons Brümmer, Franz Bertl Seyr and Ludwig Zahn. The movie runs for a surprising 90 minutes and again is a silent movie with German language subtitles.

Hitler occupied room number 55 of the Deutscher Hof and during the rally, Winifred Wagner, a daughter-in-law of Richard Wagner visited Nuremberg and occupied room number 57, just next door to Hitler.