



Sculptural image of the German eagle View of the rally in Nuremberg on the occasion of the next congress of the NSDAP (above).
Hitler, accompanied by Himmler and the Gauleiter of Nuremberg, walks through the line of columns of NSDAP members.
Fire burning in bowls with swastikas.
Hitler before the start of the rally.
Hitler's face.
Rally participants raise their hands in a Nazi salute.
Hitler speaks at a rally.
Hitler walks around the line of stormtroopers and SS men, greets NSDAP functionaries.
The leader of the British Nazis, Oswald Mosley, goes to the rally.
View of the rally of British fascists.
Rally of American fascists.
One of the leaders of the American fascists on the rostrum.
Beating of a journalist.
Faces of American fascists.
German industrialist Krupp speaks from the rostrum.
Assembly of an artillery gun at one of the Krupp factories.
Testing gun aiming mechanisms in a workshop.
Military personnel inspecting one of the workshops of the Krupp military plants.
Representatives of Germany and Japan signing the Anti-Comintern Pact in 1936. Military parades in Japan, Italy, and Germany.
Transportation of German tanks on trailers.
Hitler and representatives of the Wehrmacht command over a map.
Austria on the map of Europe.
SS men remove the barrier on the former border during the Anschluss of Austria in 1938. Hitler drives in an open car through the streets of Vienna.
Faces of the Viennese greeting Hitler.
Hitler on the rostrum.
Goebbels speaks from the rostrum.
Rally of Sudeten Germans in support of joining Germany.
Sudeten German leader Konrad Henlein travels to the rally in a car.
Henlein walks to the rostrum.
View of the rally of Sudeten Germans, Henlein on the rostrum.
Processions of Sudeten Germans in support of joining Germany.
Meeting of Henlein and Frank.
Photographs of the results of pogroms in the Sudetenland Text of the telegram about the annexation of the Sudetenland to Germany.
Texts of leaflets distributed by Sudeten communists.
Victims of pogroms in hospital beds.
Henlein walks next to a German soldier.
Procession of Sudeten Nazis.
Hitler speaks at a rally in the Imperial Sports Palace in 1938, views of the presidium and the hall.
Broken shop windows.
Road signs in German, with painted-over Czech names.
Victims of pogroms in hospital beds.
Funeral of one of the victims of fascist terror in Czechoslovakia.
Arrival of Lord Runciman in Czechoslovakia on a diplomatic mission of pacification in 1938. Runciman gets into a car, reporters take photos.
Runciman talks with the President of Czechoslovakia E. Beneš and Czechoslovak ministers.
Text of the report of the German Ambassador to London.
Speech by British Prime Minister Chamberlain in Parliament.
Telegrams to Beneš.
Texts of the newspaper of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia "Rude Pravo" calling for the creation of an anti-Hitler political front.
Columns of the patriotic demonstration on the streets of Prague.
Faces of the demonstration participants.
Views of Wenceslas Square during a patriotic rally organized by the communists (top).
Photograph of the rally.
Photograph of Klement Gottwald speaking at the rally.
Beneš meeting with ministers and the command of the Czechoslovak army.
People on the streets of Prague after the announcement of mobilization.
Announcements of mobilization in newspapers.
Residents of Prague read about mobilization posted on street newspaper stands.
German troops moving along the roads after entering Czechoslovakia.
A Czechoslovak soldier-observer at a post in the mountains.
Maneuvers and parade of the Czechoslovak cavalry.
Hitler Adolf - German statesman and political figure, war criminal
Himmler Heinrich - German statesman and political figure, war criminal
Mosley Oswald - British politician
Goebbels Paul Joseph - German statesman and political figure
Henlein Konrad - Sudeten German statesman and politician
Frank Hans Michael - German statesman and politician, war criminal
Walter Runciman - British statesman and politician
Benes Edward - Czechoslovak statesman and politician
Chamberlain Arthur Neville - British statesman and politician
1936, 1938
Berlin, Germany, Italy, Japan, Prague, Czech Republic, USA
Summer, Autumn




Map of Germany with annexed territories in the period 1935-1939 (animation).
Banners with swastikas in the hall during another NSDAP rally (panorama) Ceremonial welcome of Hitler and Goering at the station.
Hitler greets the assembled SS and NSDAP members, Goering comes out onto the flower-decorated podium.
Goering, standing on the podium, delivers a speech in honor of Hitler.
Hitler and Goebbels during Goering's speech.
Goering continues his speech, panorama of Hitler and Goebbels standing among SS members and NSDAP functionaries, panorama of Goering.
Goering steps down from the podium, shakes Hitler's hand.
Banner on the facade of a building on Hitler's 50th birthday, April 20, 1939. Hitler greets members of the Hitler Youth and rally participants.
Flags with swastikas on the streets of the city.
Night ceremonial procession through the streets of the city in honor of Hitler.
SS soldiers on guard of honour.
Festive fireworks in the sky over Berlin, Hitler's motorcade drives along the street during the fireworks.
View of the ceremonial rally (above).
Hitler and Goering on the balcony of a building during the rally.
Hitler Adolf - German statesman and political figure, war criminal
Goebbels Paul Joseph - German statesman and political figure
Goering Hermann - German statesman and political figure, war criminal
20.04.1939
Berlin
Spring