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A recreation of the Jan. 30, 1933 torchlight parade.
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01 In the summer of 1933, the Ministry of Public Education and Propaganda has well-attired SA men march past the Brandenburg Gate
02 The night of Jan. 30, 1933, in which Hitler came to power in Germany, is recreated for a movie.
03 Now, with the Third Reich just a few months old, the Nazi leadership
begins to glorify its own history.
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The Brandenburg Gate as it is now.
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04 The Brandenburg Gate, a landmark in the heart of Berlin, is a symbol of German history.
05 It symbolizes the pomp and glory of Prussia and the division and the reunification in 1989.
06 In WW1 German soldiers marched here and in 1918 and 1953 striking workers demonstrated here.
07 In the evening of Jan. 30, 1933, the Nazis celebrated their taking power in
Germany at the Brandenburg Gate.
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President Paul von Hindenburg [1847-1934].
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08 Surprisingly, the biggest obstacle in Hitler's path to the chancellorship in the summer of 1932 turns out to be the aging President of the Reich.
09 Paul von Hindenburg is not an advocate of democracy, but considers the Nazis to be vulgar and dangerous socialists.
10 Because the democratic forces are unable to produce a promising candiate from
their own ranks, they've nominated the 84 -year old World War general as their
candidate in the spring presidential election and emerged victorious over Hitler
and the conservatives for the last time.
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The Stahlhelm [Steel Helmets], a right-wing para-military organization.
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11 A film of a parade of the Stahlhelm [Steel Helmets], a paramilitary organization of right-oriented forces.
12 Although reactionary politicians like Chancellor Franz von Papen collaborated with Nazis in the Harzberg Front, there is no prospect for a coalition government in Berlin at this time.
13 The right draws the old Prussian elite over to its side.
14 Hindenburg and Papen have jointly disempowered the parliament and taken over the last bastions of the democrats.
15 They want to prevent a Hitler chancellorship at all cost.
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Hermann Goering [1893-1946]
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16 Since the summer of 1932, Hitler's old friend, Hermann Goering, has been the president of Parliament .
17 Since then, his views have begome influential among conservative members of parliament.
18 Within a few months Goering wins the support of top military leaders and leads confidential negotiations.
19 Yet Hindenburg remains firm.
20 Again, Hitler should only become Vice Chancellor under Papen, but Hitler
curtly rejects this.