The Nazis' Nuremberg Rallies (Paperback)
Imprint: Pen & Sword Military
Pages: 176
ISBN: 9781399077880
Published: 3rd October 2023
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This book describes the background to and the development of the Nazi Party Rallies held at Nuremberg each September from 1933 to 1939. These Reichsparteitage (National Party Days) were vast and meticulously staged managed extravaganzas in which ritual and ceremony played an important part.
The Rallies had two key objectives. The first was to focus public attention on the successes of the Nazi Party and connect with the public conscience and build a close bond between Party and people.
Even more important was the Rallies role in presenting Adolf Hitler as the saviour of the German nation sent to restore national pride, power and prosperity after the shame and economic disaster of the post war years and the deeply resented Versailles Treaty. The Hitler Cult was blatantly promoted with revolutionary use of propaganda by the latest technology and iron control of the media.
Using the authors superb collection of postcards and images, The Nazis Nuremberg Rallies takes the reader on a visual journey through each years Reichsparteitage. A truly fascinating way to understand this uniquely successful and threatening phenomena.
This book by James Wilson is excellent in that it goes into great detail, such as the organisation of the events, the layout, how things displayed and what was said. The book really does bring each and every rally to life, the book also has some rare photos that I haven't seen before and it also displays posters and postcards designed for the events. So you get to see the propaganda on multiple levels, which is great if your interested in seeing how things are branded or portrayed.
UK Historian
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Packed with pictures showing thousands of Nazis, young and old, honouring Hitler as the saviour of Germany.
Romney Marsh Herald
The Nazis’ Nuremberg Rallies represents a landmark in historical works specializing in the Third Reich period. James Wilson’s extensive use of 1930s postcards is a brilliant way of portraying one of the most significant epochs of the 20th century.
David Harper
We are well familiar with the ongoing abundance of books relating the horrors of WWII and the Holocaust. However, this attractively different composition reveals a fascinating perspective by exploring the Germans’ initial troubles and despair following the First World War and their subsequent hopes and aspirations under the National Socialists’ regime.
Wilson paints a vivid picture of the ‘Führer’ and the Hitler cult that the Nazi propaganda machine was so adept at creating. He also introduced us to the words of the Führer addressing the German people and to the mass-media events that were previously unthinkable. Through the combination of vivid contemporary photography and the author’s well-researched introduction and commentary, the reader gains insight into one of the most impressive recurring mass gatherings in the world; the annual Nuremberg Party Rallies.
Hitler’s choice and promotion of Nuremberg as the ‘most German of German cities’ and ‘ideological capital of the Reich’ resides in his underlining the continuity from the medieval First Reich (Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) to his own Third Reich.
This work also gives us a few clues in helping to answer the ever-puzzling question of how a family-orientated, peace-loving and educated Christian society becomes mesmerized to a point of carrying out - or at least condoning - barbaric acts of violence against humanity.
Wilson’s well-constructed presentation of the greatest propaganda events of all time will surely become a reference work for history buffs and historians alike.
David Harper
With his wife, Christine, David Harper has been operating history-focused tours of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest compound in Berchtesgaden since the 1980s. He is also a tour operator and guide for WWII sites throughout Europe, including the Nuremberg Party Rally grounds. Author of a guide book on Berchtesgaden’s history and sights, David Harper has also been interviewed in a number of British and American WWII and Eagle’s Nest related documentaries and printed articles.
The selection of postcards featured is certainly impressive and provides a fascinating insight into the years before the Second World War in Germany. The hardback is impressive in its scope, production and presentation.
Picture Postcard Monthly
If you need an example of the wide range of titles published by Pen & Sword you have to look no further than this curio by James Wilson. What we have is an amazing collection of original photographs and postcards releating to the Nuremberg rallies of the Nazis. I am bound to say that the book is dazzling, because collating all this stuff is a work of skill in itself. Top Marks.
War History Online
About James Wilson
James Wilson has written Hitler’s Alpine Retreat, Propaganda Postcards of the Luftwaffe,The Nazis’ Nuremberg Rallies, and Hitler’s Alpine Headquarters. He is an expert on theBerchtesgaden area and an avid collector of postcards. He currently lives in Lancashire.