Adolf Hitler's Speech in the Berlin Lustgarten, 1932

Originaltitel: "Der grosse Auftakt zum Reichspräsidenten-Wahlkampf in Berlin ! Adolf Hitler, der Führer der Nationalsozialisten spricht zum ersten Male im Lustgarten in Berlin ! Blick auf die grosse Menschenmasse während der Ansprache Adolf Hitlers im Lustgarten in Berlin", Schwarz-Weiß-Photographie, April 1932, unbekannter Photograph; Bildquelle: Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 102-13324; Wikimedia Commons, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13324,_Berlin,_Lustgarten,_Ansprache_Hitlers.jpg.Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany license.

This photograph was taken in the Lustgarten park in Berlin in April 1932 during an election rally. A huge crowd has gathered to hear Adolf Hitler (1889–1945), the leader of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers' Party), speak. This outcoming shows the attraction of the nationalist movement and its ability to mobilize masses by providing them with a political religion, nationalism.

Berlin, Lustgarten, Ansprache Hitlers, black-and-white photograph, 1932, photographer unknown; source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-13324 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_102-13324,_Berlin,_Lustgarten,_Ansprache_Hitlers.jpg, Creative Commons Some Rights Reserved  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Germany license.