Germany after the Nazis came to power (1933)

Police officers on bicycles ride through the streets of Berlin.

A barbed wire fence on one of the streets.

A unit of mounted police rides through an intersection.

The face of a policeman in glasses.

A holster with a pistol on the belt of a policeman.

A police truck at the sidewalk.

Police officers in the back of a truck.

Flags with a swastika on one of the city streets.

A column of marching Nazi stormtroopers (top).

A swastika on one of the posters.

Hitler and his entourage at the airfield after arriving in Berlin.

A photojournalist takes pictures.

Hitler at the parade of stormtroopers.

German Vice-Chancellor von Papen at a rally.

Economics Minister Hugenberg among the military.

The leader of the Stahlhelm organization Franz Seldte at a rally.

The face of Foreign Minister von Neurath.

Goering gets out of a car.

A column of Nazi stormtroopers marches along a Berlin street (top).

Nazi stormtroopers gather at Bülowplatz, view of the square (from above).

The building of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Germany, given over to police headquarters.

Columns at the entrance to the Reichstag building.

The Reichstag, set on fire on February 27, 1933. German communist leader Ernst Thälmann speaks at a rally.

A poster with portraits of Thälmann on a poster column.

A police car drives down the street.

Clashes between demonstrators and police on the streets of Berlin in March 1933. Police lead detained demonstrators.

A portrait of Thälmann and a red banner above a balcony on the side of the building.

Banners with communist election slogans on the streets of Berlin in March 1933. Participants in a demonstration in support of communists on the streets of Berlin.

A column of Communist Party supporters moves down a Berlin street.

Panorama of part of the rally in support of the Communist Party of Germany.

Red flags with a hammer and sickle are flying.