cosmopolitan city at your feet my spirit greets you
10,000 times
and like a sparrowhawk circling main invites
is intoxicated over you by the also
and breath of its mouth
greetings greetings
[music]
berlin loud square filmed berlin
merciless with teeth and fists life-
sustaining and compelling instead
i think
lovingly because the city is becoming a
literary event for millions of
people willing to act the buildings and avenues bring back memories of bygone eras of
splendor and glory of the imperial
era magnificent parades but also
street fights
bloody conflicts since the end of the
first world war since november 1918
the city has had problems the country the
young republic the monarchy is a thing of the
past
but politics economy and people's lives
are still determined by the
consequences of the
war troops returning home after the lost
war in
1980 the berliners still
respect the soldiers and admiration to the
mil it has been held in high esteem in prussia for generations
, enjoying the reduction in troops to 100,000 men decided in the
peace treaty of the sei,
met with indignation and anger among large sections of
the population, and above all among the
semi-military who might want
to
, tucholsky wrote for three minutes at the peace demonstration by former war veterans
I want from you who
work and you who swing the hammer
from you who is limping on crutches
because the pen leads you here from you
here the cauldrons swears from you the
young and the old you should
stop for three minutes if you just want
to he will never face you again war
the social democrat friedrich gebert is
rice president of the republic which, as
carl von ossietzky writes in
the weltbühne, has not yet established itself among the people
there is nothing that the republic is not answered with a
decided, inwardly permeated
guilt is
the military defeat of
bad talk inflation immorality traffickers are
doing the republic is to blame the
republic is bad that is the
political credo of countless
germans today the immoderateness of the left-wing radical
opposition is the best helpers of the
reaction coming from the right
increasing devaluation uses up the
last
savings inflation is galloping
whoever has work at all gets daily Mostly
at noon his wages and old immediately to the
income the daily wage is enough today for
a couple of sausages tomorrow only for
a single one and for home from
meat a worker has to spend his entire day
when on the other hand
3.2 billion marks
the prices are climbing hourly ever
larger quantities of banknotes have to be
printed the matter the money scores
the money raged as if it had become
independent the money
was played from machines to avalanches
of paper
the issue of the bond market on 15
november 1923 attempts to
bring about the
turnaround a bond market corresponds to a
gol dmarkt or a billion
papers gustav stresemann, as
chancellor, initiates the stabilization of the
currency maneuvers the empire through
the existential
crisis stefan branch thinks all values have chang
d and not just materially the regul
tions of the state are laughed at no cu
toms no morals are respected berli
turns into the babel of the
world with 147 daily and weekly newspapers
, berlin is germany's leading newspaper
status politics and fiction
editorials stock exchanges review book
reviews the density fins and
trial reports what you want we have
in stock everything great everything hit
sport develops into wet
pleasure in the twenties
60,000 come to the final of the
german soccer championship the
successful berlin team hertha bsc is
playing against fc 0
this time the nuremberg team are taking the cup
home despite the concerns of some
spectators, the number of those
actively taking part is also growing at the 25
kilometer through berl
individual performances are celebrated audience favorites are
chosen max
schmeling becomes german heavyweight champion
the berliner has been
interested in the achievements of technology and science not just since
albert einstein received the nobel prize for
physics and the berliner included the word
relative in his vocabulary
since then he has found many things relatively good
relatively interesting relatively curious
old he to the new berlin tempelhof airfield to
listen to the report of
aviation pioneer hugo eckener
who
crossed the atlantic in a zeppelin in 1924 technical
improvements and inventions in film
every evening the berliners thronged into the
film palaces around the memorial church
admiring their darling on the canvas since the
beginning of the twenties
all studios have been very busy
238 companies produce new stars
josephine baker conquers berlin sex appeal
is a concept
berlin is gripped by the hectic hustle and bustle even during the day
e he is excited and
hyped up on a nightly stroll through
the dance halls chasing the direction of the valley is
the educated it can the
gentleman gods difference whether the
prices rise whether the dollar falls for
me they never dance the whole world
[music]
the hopeful new beginning goes with
the death of president friedrich
ebert on february 28, 1925
seven candidates applied to
succeed him as president the prussian prime minister otto brown for the social democrats karl year is appointed by the right-wing ex-chancellor wilhelm marx by the
moderates erich ludendorff is a candidate
the national socialists and Ernst
thälmann the communists
but the consequences of the election
they can even
bring about decisive change in the future
are not aware of at this point in time
[music]
hindenburg wins the question of the
reason for the enthusiasm for the election victory
at all off now be eng tsches
audience wants the hero and
therefore sees the sober reality in
a transfiguration of wartime splendor and
statesman's wisdom
counteracting forces are raining
in tourism the majority of
berliners see a danger for the
republic in national socialism joseph goebbels is not
supposed to be sent to berlin as a gau leader by hitler in 1926
organize the
national socialist party
first the group is small and
disorderly meets in certain
pubs hitler does not come to
berlin, which he does not love, the red
berlin until 1927 he has a ban on speaking in prussia and
can only speak in closed general meetings
only
when the bans against him and them are imposed in 1928
to be abolished by the nsdap he gives his
first public speech in the sports palace
for twelve years people have experienced
one catastrophe after the other it
would be unworldly to
close their eyes to the fact that everyday life
seeks relaxation in dizziness people today long for nothing
so much as
throughc h eyes through laughter is
distracted by dance music amused at being freed
the search for pleasure breaks out in
1929 no differently than the years before
but 1929 brings a
turning point becomes the year of crises with disastrous
consequences for the future may first
police chief zörgiebel bans the
traditional may rallies therefore riots
feared
that the kpd demonstrated despite the ban
the police intervened
ossietzky reports police flooded
the city a nasty and irritable
mood set in
but what actually happened
is only that the prophesied on
did not break loose in front of
more than 30 people had to die,
losing more than 100 of their healthy bones just so that a state authority could
be saved. It
is not the individual, excited
and overworked
police sergeant who is guilty, but the chief of police, who carried
the apparatus of the civil war to a peaceful city,
beginning 24 hours a day the excitement of the global economic
crisis is noticeable on this black friday in the berlin stock exchange
the shares fall due to price slumps on
the new york stock exchange
the stock market crash is not limited to the
usa germany in particular is
badly hit
insecure berliners assail the
banks want to withdraw their money the
dissatisfaction of the population grows
the number of unemployed
triples from 1928 to almost half a
million in december 1930 the
economic problems escalate until
1931 where the world economy
finally threatens to collapse
want to create [music] and only see how
companies close
gnashing teeth idly go
looking for a job day after day but no one gets
those who have no shelter the mark on the
street there is often water for
thirst spit on your bread then you have sausage
and the wind whistles on your rose
unemployed
chancellor heinrich brüning from
the center tries to stabilize with emergency decrees
ng the finances and the
economy but his
proposals for regulating
unemployment insurance are
rejected. As a result, a new Reichstag must be elected, as so often
in the
past the strongest party
refuse to go together with the
communists according to the city
the national socialists in the
election campaign are making themselves heard making hardship and
unemployment to help with the
promise of creating a new, strong
germany and
jobs are they only now gaining many followers four years after the so
-called struggle for here the labels well-known in the capital of the empire
write in the attack we
will be members of the reichstag to paralyze the
weimar attitude because
democracy is so
stupid to give us free tickets for this bearish service
it is their own business we are each
with tel right to revolutionize the state of today
what is going on in the
world stage how much would you like to
ignite reason with an appeal to opposition
burn out this plague with the good fire of common sense
because as broadly mixed as the
electorate of national socialism
may be, it has itself but it is also
known that internal and external violence is
the only possible
principle,
the terror on the street escalated the
hate speech against the communists and
especially the jews
will discuss the opening speech louder at the inauguration of the
house of the german press journalists of
different worldviews
[music].
closes with the
wish that the house
may succeed in teaching the spirits to
ward off discord, to increase unity and to make
germany
[music]
even when the pergamon
museum is handed over to the public,
all the flair of berlin in the 20s is still to be given
a cultural landscape
many jewish artists have been arrested,
including max oppermann and maxliebemann
they think like heinz carry i am a
german jewish tribe my people
are the german people my homeland
is germany
in the city which in the eyes of hitler is
marxist jewish intellectual and
liberal live people who are open and
receptive to everything new but
much too critical and sober to be
impressed by all the slogans of the national
socialists to the reichstag they
would like to write the dedication
a leader follows a theater
[music]
only in the shadow of the
global economic crisis
the number of members also increased in berlin and
yet the proportion of votes for
the national socialist german
workers' party in the reichstag elections
32 remained lower here than in the reich
as the strongest faction were the
national socialists who had been drafted into the
reichstag, forcing german
national and conservative circles to win an
r eichs President hindenburg adolf hitler
to the chancellor
when my stomach was growling i fell asleep
from
hunger i heard them screaming in my ear germany
wake up i saw many
marching they said to the third reich
i had nothing to lose and ran
with whom did i care
and they hunger had marching
weak and light together with the satiated
any
third empire
in the new cabinet the three
national socialist ministers adolf
hitler hermann göring and wilhelm frick are facing
eight conservative politicians right
from the start demonstrated hitler's power
and strength in large rallies in the
sports palace at the beginning of february
his first programmatic speech as
chancellor
[music]
[applause]
[music]
[applause]
only a few saw through from the beginning
that the decisive characteristic of
enthusiasm is loss of judgment
hardly anyone had read hitler's mein
kampf or even recognized the signs set
here
[music ]
none recorded d he devilish
demagogy that produced mass hysteria as a
threatening reality to be fought hardly
anyone understood that belief in
democratic freedom and social
justice
had already become a weak weapon against the
masterfully organized outbreak of
violence on the night of 28
february 1933 the reichstag ran out
who the arsonists were remains
controversial the world believed in the act
by the nazis the action
at least tells the desired effect as the
french ambassador andrej françois
boucher states because hitler immediately uses the fire
for a campaign against
political opponents
while the reichstag
fire is regarded as a suspicious activity abroad
immense majority
of germans in it as it is
presented a communist crime a
wave of excitement goes through the empire
one can, so to speak, grasp the real seriousness of
the marxist danger with hands
with an emergency decree for
protection e by the people and the state to ward off acts of violence that
endanger the state,
on the night of the reichstag fire, a
large-scale wave of arrests begins, which
is mainly aimed at members of the
kpd the functionaries of
the kpd in moabit the nazis had taken everyone out in a very short
time went in to the
apartments dragged everyone out
after all, the colleagues in the
company noticed what happened to those
who were taken out of the houses
by it
the reichstag elections were announced for
march 5, 1933 at the
last election in november 1932
not even one in four stood behind the
swastika flag even now many see him
as hitler only a short episode
does not take him seriously but the
national socialists are looking forward to the result
with optimism
the german people have to prove
their unity and unity to the whole world today
the election brings the national socialists
fewer votes than expected in berlin
only 31.3 percent t
together with the 52 german national
deputies but you win the
majority in the reichstag
the opening of the new reichstag on
march 21 33 hitler to potsdam
rests here birthday of friedrich the great
the place herweck glorious and great
own
[music]
because hitler here the deputies to
opening of the new reichstag gathered for a
ceremonial act of state offers
the imagination of his people a great
symbol many people are
fooled into believing in the connection between
tradition and modern times
erich ludendorff, who was still at the side of
hitler in 1923, telegraphed hindenburg
you have our german fatherland to
one of the at the mercy of the greatest demagogues of all time
i prophesy to you that
this man will plunge our empire into the abyss bringing
our nation into incomprehensible
misery
the national socialist
deputies appear in uniform at the reichstag session from now on in the gruber tact with the
passing of the ermäc enactment law
on march 23, 1933 against the votes of the
social democrats, hitler is given unrestricted powers of
attorney,
democracy and parliamentarism are
eliminated,
the nationalist observer rejoices, it is
a historic day, the
parliamentary system capitulates to
the new germany, the day of the
third reich has arrived, in
rehden, immediate action follows
[applause ]
for years there had been repeated
individual actions against fellow
jews on april
1st 33 there was a planned boycott of jewish
shops and department stores
[music]
it was as if a terrible storm was falling
over the country
nevertheless there were still many who
didn't recognize the signs wanted many
showed themselves boundlessly naïve and helpless
in assessing this
destructive violence and
bravely maintained their illusion
[applause]
the german jews felt connected to this
national community
were a part of me they want to
remain so and want to hold onto a country and home
unshakably
hitler knows how to dazzle the masses
these are primarily millions of
workers and employees for the first of
may 1933 he organizes a rally on the tempelhofer field for a festival of labor a festival
staged by goebbels
of the political business the
propaganda masterful
it is an effect that is far more
physical than mental enhanced
by the surroundings the theatrical
setting the contrast of light and
shadow in intoxication emanating from the
compelling rhythm of the music
among the crowd there are undoubtedly
many distrust and hatred of this
man fulfilled but they too are
shaken and carried away
the first of may will in future be one of the
national holidays of the third reich
that the hotly contested labor day
had been declared a paid labor holiday by law no
other party came up with the name honor the work and
honor the workers it from the value of
work about the beauty of work,
the talk was no longer a class struggle
[music]
[applause]
and karl liebknecht
bring that they never do
[applause]
in may and june 1933 thousands of
social democrats and communists are
arrested many are murdered finally the
spd are banned opponents in so-called
protective custody the prison officers were repeatedly told to see the worst enemy of the people
in the
political opponent
, who is therefore
still in prison on the lowest
level
the works of many writers are
burned on may 10, 1933 on the opera square
the flickering light illuminated the
faces of the people of poets and thinkers
unleashed masses in viciously
infantile destructive was the
witchcraft of a walpurgis night in the
twentieth century
former comrades-in-arms like
ernst roman have meanwhile become a hindrance to hitler on the way to dictatorship. head of
state of the as a this party had an
army of 200,000 men militarily
articulated now he demands from hitler
the merger of the reichswehr and
as a kid land under pressure from the
reichswehr and resolves the
elimination of rom and other
leading it people before he addresses
a meeting in the sportpalast
[music]
[applause]
today thank you for that don't be
scared tell me that he left me at the
time because only what to
write if you left then he
assume as if germany had been managed more
the abbot that's enough today your
skills as successful and
will be murdered in munich in the ss
barracks in
lichterfelde the berlin s-bahn group leader ernst others in
their apartments between 250 and 300 people
to the rear burg's death on 2
august 1934 hitler takes the last
step he takes over the office of president of the empire
gives himself the title of
leader and chancellor and is thus
dictator
the end this path
to power forms the unification of the
wehrmacht on the person a dolf hitler
[music]
in less than two years hitler
became the sole ruler pushed
aside democracy and parliamentarism
[music]
the consequences for the population are
emigration
resistance or
assimilation the nazis were behind and in front above
and below the memories of the
open days terror the constantly increasing
danger of being arrested
private espionage the fact that
nobody could be trusted anymore
all this made my departure
necessary
during this time berlin developed into a center of
resistance against the hitler dictatorship
social democrats and communists
wrote rousing slogans on house
walls
illegal magazines and
leaflets try
to organize resistance in factories and businesses
like in the reich more and more
berliners apply for membership in the
party not only conformity or
fear of harassment filled the ranks of the
nazis many german band der
Echte Bege enthusiasm for the revolution and
belief in the leaders of the party
the whole world sees and hears experiencing the
creation of a new nation the
people have scarcely measured a giant step
so the
next step follows the next ground-breaking ceremony in the vast field of
this national community
immediately after the seizure of power
had hitler created a program to
combat unemployment in
berlin transport connections are being created
the subway is being built under den linden to
friedrichstraße squares are being
redesigned exhibition buildings are being erected
with the
creation of jobs hitler finally succeeds in gaining a lot of work for
himself that had previously
hesitated means for them
hitler after miserable years of
unemployment bread insecurity
what else hitler means
don't you want to sing with the promulgation of the
nuremberg laws in 1935 a
further step on the way to the
disenfranchisement and defamation of jewish
citizens of
any ve Connections between Jews and
so-called arians are forbidden civil servants
were dismissed as early as 1933 doctors are now banned from their professions
scientists artists students
are not allowed to take the examination
the organization of leisure time is in the
hands of the
[music
] party education to become a member of the
National Socialist
community
begins in childhood
[music]
even if every boy from the age of ten is
obliged to serve in the
Hitler youth
hikes camps in
grunewald community experience in the Hitler Youth are
definitely attractive for young people I
grew up with them back then it
was a community everyone had to do it
now the son of a cool porter or the son of an
academic were punishment
subordination and leadership one
had to subordinate oneself to the community
the young platoon leader or lend leader
held a kind of instruction we learned
the ranks of the young people of the
hitler youth of the wehrmac ht by heart
also flags sayings sword words and
sang nazi songs the service on
saturday afternoons began with a roll call in
uniform afterwards
drills were carried out the girls are part of the bund deutscher girls of the hitler youth
affiliated
the bdm prepares them for the function
as mother and wife in the family and
national community before the even as the most
wonderful task that it can fulfill
your country and people to give your leader
healthy children
rallies and mass events
strengthen the self-confidence of the youth
are the best breeding ground on which boys
and girls grow into a blindly
devoted followers of the leader
a whole people rushed to the
closet to get
information he hung himself up to his teeth
with ideals the idealism of the youth
was targeted in militaristic ways
[applause]
many take part with great commitment
in the collections for the
winter welfare organization
giving and collecting, which are often
celebrities Nente actors include paul
hörbiger and
viktor de kowa
badges are sold and
there is
a plaque on the front door for successful collection activities on stew
sunday soups are distributed on the streets the money saved
at home by not
having the roast is
donated and benefits those in need
[ music]
the great masquerade of evil has mixed up all
ethical concepts
that evil has appeared in the form of the light
of beneficence it is historically necessary to
socially just is
absolutely denied the innumerable
honorable and seductive
disguises in which evil draw
closer the conscience fearful and
uncertain
until man lies to his conscience so as
not to despair
[music]
and give like christmas with
all the joy only children can have again
[music]
the press is subordinate to the ministry
for enlightenment and propaganda the
press law turns editors into
press officials the news
managing official material so that it is delivered to you uniformly from the
bavarian ministry the foremost task of the
press is to serve the goals of the people
as an organized link in the building up of the people keep everything out of the newspapers that
is suitable for
the people’s strength to the outside world or
inside the common will of the
German people to weaken the truthfulness of
culture and economy
hitler's speeches are broadcast over loudspeakers
on squares in the streets in all factories and
companies
so that everyone can hear hitler's words
an inexpensive people's receiver is
developed
the weekly show is one of the
most effective means of propaganda she
has to show the third realm from its best
side.
it was important to serve the desired tendencies in an
attractive packaging in such
a bite-sized way that anyone with an appetite could swallow them as a treat and process them
into the desired motivations
from the type of montage the
juxtaposition of the carver he achieved effects that did
not have to be underlined by the many accompanying boats
.
the automobile
exhibition takes place every year
after the opening, the
guide took a three-hour tour of
the individual models hall 1 the stand
of daimler benz
the eight-cylinder 5.4 liter compressor
the new 3.5 liter bmw downtown the crowded shop windows
are reminiscent of old times
for daily needs the income is enough
a liter of milk costs 24 1
kilogram of bread 30 due the
hourly wage of a worker is
between 60 and 80 pfennigs but the
present is opening up everywhere
draw attention thinking thoughtful
i walk slowly through the streets
pedestrians in dense rows as always
the bars are overcrowded as always
signs german shop germans were purely german workmanship
the shop owner assures that a
flower land fish have always been german
and po the sunday pleasures of
the population
are lyrically cheerful but it must not be concealed
that the people breathe a sigh of relief
they hardly saw the crimes that had already been
done but was
mysteriously filled with
hope and self-
confidence in the sign of the swastika there is a crowd at the Wannsee
lido in the built in the 1920s, the
largest and most modern bathroom in
europe they all spend carefree hours here
more or less consciously close
their eyes to what happens
secretly at night or also visible every day
the restrictions and prohibitions to which
jewish fellow citizens see themselves exposed to an increasing extent what moves
me that people pact me to the roots of my
honor without being able to defend myself to see myself suddenly torn out of a circle of life without guilt grips
people deep down
the conditions in the interior of the country
are solid in the eyes of the
national socialists
abroad I have to change Hitler recognition when
a group of war
veterans from milwaukee came to berlin in 1935 the
votes of the americans for
hitler's germany and the
imperial capital had to be won
1936 the olympic games were to take place in berlin the usa was
still hesitating with
their commitment the jewish representatives of
america reported concerns about taking part
hitler promised to also
allow jewish athletes to the olympiad the americans
let themselves be deceived and come like all
other states
what would have been built and rebuilt before that
the east west axis the
sbahn unter den linden then the olympic stadium
at that time one of the largest and most modern
in the whole world also an
enormous state investment in
linguistic life then the olympiads
themselves there really was all of berlin
hosting them they all came to the olympics
in 1936 with athletes and politicians in
track suits and uniforms and evening dresses they were just enthusiastic
they started with the german czech government did
their business while we
thought the democrats
had a chance to put pressure on the nazis
the most successful competitor is jesse
owens a black
[applause]
much to hitler's annoyance he wins
the 100 and 200 meter
long jump and in the 4th x 100 meter
relay
but he is the declared favorite of the
berlin audience
[applause]
[music]
[applause]
after the dramatic end of the
relay race when the leading
german women's team burgs
produce died loses
hitler comforts the disappointed athlete
hitler's goal has been reached the world
deceived
in the daily express lloyd george writes about
hitler there is no doubt that he
brought about a wonderful change in the minds of the people because
there is a general feeling of
security people are cheerful
all over the country a
mood of general joy spreads france was
posh sees the situation realistically, it is still
missing h much care that the games festivals
and visitors the exchanged
warm words the personal filling
name an optimistic assessment of the
situation to read it is at best a
pause while the man
hands out refreshments and sweets afterwards the
tragedy continues
[music]
[music]
the city becomes the keyword
holiday experience berlin recommended as a travel destination
does not mean the power center of the
third reich but the old culture
instead of
[music]
a city with apparently so sober
and practical sindy berlin surprises
us with a living tradition
from the newspapers of the baroque and
romantic periods in one centuries old
culture of particular beauty
to the tourists who at that time wulff
[music]
desire and longing drew me to
berlin
and yet something in my mind forbade me
to go there
[music]
i looked at the city with
bated breath in the face
like men with hopes
despair and longing not seen a place to
sleep
what was coming but i didn't suspect
never has one of the world
connected with my senses in such a peaceful,
sweet and friendly way as
berlin
brightness and further here is
the sweet and soothing benefit
sunny air
[music]
here I have more than in other
cities that i know the presence of
calm and trust felt
german theater a german film
a german press a german
foundation a german fine arts
a german music and a german
radio the objection that was often raised against us in
the past that there was no way the jews could give
up to
get rid of art and cultural life because there are too
many and we
could fill the empty spaces again that has been brilliantly
refuted
in this exhibition, which will only be shown in
munich later in berlin,
there is only new german art
to be seen healthy
physical basis the biological value of
the person as imagine a prerequisite for every
ethnic and spiritual rebirth
here is about west forms
about purely formed limbs tree
racy tautness degenerate art
730 works by painters like dix klee
kandinsky big nolde and schmidt
rottluff artistic avant-
gardism should be defamed close to mental illness
goebbels
recognized very much early on that the film is one
of the most far-reaching means of
influencing the masses, in addition to
exciting entertainment voices that
directly pursue ideological objectives
, there are pure things like the
children of fortune with lilian harvey willy
fritsch and oskar sima
[music]
on the occasion of
benito mussolini's state visit in 1937, hitler celebrates here the
friendship between the two countries the axis
rome berlin as the basis of a new order
in europe
in a single one that
increasingly consciously served the festivals of
political action
germany had become an arena for non-stop
mass games masses had to
keep moving sol elders marching and
singing laughing and crying again
remote-controlled propaganda apparatus is
affected and all varieties of the
rally were active for it the people
were not allowed to think
bdm and hj celebrate together the first of
may 1937 in the olympic stadium
look into the world and the
capital dandy reported
our people and the series
had become much nicer than ever before
there was something going on a departure it was
a want because something unified a
strong leader makes the
whole of saving the homeland the seriousness and
seriousness of it
made a great impression
on us now hitler is quickly turning his
claims to power into reality
when he
arrives at tempelhof airport coming from vienna after the annexation of austria
hardly anyone in the cheering crowd thinks of
his promise never to interfere in
internal austrian relations
there are the berliners at the
flocked to the Reich Chancellery,
all sorts of healthy things happened gen scrambled the
purest folk festival young old
uniformed working people chanting the
visitors come out otherwise we wo
n’t go home today
and china hitler on the balcony from time to time
there the densely packed
masses of little people have reached the highest level of
science like the German
people knows you have
given up your individual personality and thus
not only the soul and the thinking
but also the responsibility the
doubts and the difficulties
germany's rise seemed
unstoppable after
austria the annexation of the sudetenland follows again the berliners cheer as the troops
return home only some are
afraid before a new war but on the other hand
yes what could you really have done about
it a dictatorship that once
sat in the saddle could not be shaken off other than again
with bloody and foolhardy acts of
violence is
with the crystal night on 9
november 1938 the first
organized pogroms in the a The sight of the
burning synagogues frightened many a man
and made him think. Each of us
was involved in some way, whether he
belonged to the commandos that
had to demolish the synagogues at night
or to the troops that smashed the window panes of the show
, whether he was a passer-
by in the desert scenes
hasty or curious stopped
or retreated to the innermost part of his apartment
so as
not to have to hear the noise the clinking and crashing in one of
these forms with everyone and
involved that was the satanic
intervention of the state the hearts and feelings of
its citizens are only now
trying many jews too late to flee
on november 10th hundreds are arrested
and taken away
[music]
the first of may 1939 for the
first time in the olden days there has always been
a festival and a holiday of our people
when i more beautiful brighter and lesbians in
our hate and discord
rises the new German
national community because they should
also understand that an exuberant no
leader can use more strength than
his followers in strength what am
I without you what honestly give
I never knew to use to your own advantage
if you denied me your
unanimous unity what
did I want to do
I am in single and man
i can have the best of
wills i don't want to be more for you than
fully fledged for yourself
and there where fresh kingdom and our
test and west and north to south victory a
[applause]
there have been courses for the representatives of household communities for a long time
in which air raids were
prepared first aid extinguishing work
none neither the air protection rate nor
the helpers and the population can
imagine at this point in time that
educational films like these will soon
correspond to reality there are
instructions on how basement windows can be supported to protect basement rooms against
splinters and bombs
to secure them against a fall
breakthrough e to the neighboring house provide
escape possibilities
it is shown in detail how an
air raid shelter can be set up comfortably
[music]
these are measures that testify to
the ignorance of the effects of the bomb war
no one can imagine the real
extent of
the horror that the bomb war will come to people
of the spirit of the new age lives through the
olympic stadium at the solstice celebration in 1939