Weimar Republic (1923-1932)

Faces of rally participants in the first half of the 1920s.

A police car drives down a street in Berlin.

Police officers disembark from the car.

Views of Berlin streets during the dispersal of a demonstration, police officers pursue demonstrators.

One of the demonstrators is detained.

View of one of the Berlin streets during the dispersal of a demonstration (top).

View of part of the Reichstag meeting hall (top).

Views of the hall of the ceremonial meeting in 1931 in honor of the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire.

Girls run out to the stadium.

View of the stadium during the ceremonial event in honor of the anniversary of the empire.

Young people participating in a theatrical performance (top).

View of one of the stadium stands (top).

Ceremonial procession at the stadium.

Theatrical performance at the stadium.

Ceremonial procession of representatives of the lands of Germany, drummers and a brass band walk in front.

Faces of representatives of Magdeburg walking in a column along the streets of Berlin.

Participants in the ceremonial procession carry standards with the names of German cities.

Women, children and men walk in columns of the ceremonial procession along the streets of Berlin.

View of a column of schoolchildren (top).

A column of schoolchildren walks to the site of the ceremonial rally.

Panorama of the ceremonial rally in honor of the anniversary of the German Empire (top).

A speaker delivering a speech.

Drummers beat their drums (top).

Reich Chancellor G. Brünning delivering a speech.

Carrying out the banners and standards of the cities and lands of Germany into the hall of the ceremonial meeting in honor of the 60th anniversary of the German Empire.

Views of the hall.

A speaker delivering a speech.

Views of the NSDAP stormtroopers rally.

The parade of the "Black Reichswehr".

Parade of Nazi stormtroopers in 1927, Hitler greeting the stormtroopers.

Units of the "Black Reichswehr" pass by.

Arrival of German President Hindenburg at a polling station during the parliamentary elections of 1933. Hindenburg leaves the voting booth, drops the ballot paper into the ballot box, State Secretary Otto Meissner stands next to him.

Hindenburg stands at the ballot box, heading for the exit.

The building of the House of the German Press.

Participants in the banquet at tables in the House of the Press, making toasts.

The guest of honor makes a toast.

Panorama of the hall during a gala reception in the House of the Press.

Parade in Berlin in honor of the 60th anniversary of the proclamation of the German Empire.

View of the Reichstag building.

Hindenburg and his entourage descend the steps of the Reichstag.

Honor guard in front of the entrance to the Reichstag.

Hindenburg inspects the honor guard.