National Revolution - 30 January, 1933

30. Januar 1933 – by Arthur Kampf

ON that historic day when Adolf Hitler came to power Goebbels stood next to him in the Chancellery window looking down on his six-hour torchlight parade.One million Berliners surged past them, holding up their children to their new leader, to the thump and blare of brass bands. A radio truck arrived and Goebbels spoke a running commentary; he found that speaking into a radio microphone took some getting used to. ‘It is a moving,’ he ended, ‘for me to to see how in this city where we began six years ago with just a handful of people, how in this city the entire public has arisen and is marching past below—workers and citizens and farmers and students and soldiers… Truly one can say, Germany is awakening.’ Only Munich and Stuttgart refused to carry the broadcast.

- David Irving "Goebbels"

Adolf Hitler leaves Berlin's Hotel Kaiserhof after his appointment as chancellor

"The Great Time has just begun. Germany has awoken!" - Adolf Hitler