The Nuremberg rallies staged by the Nazis

• In 1933, Nuremberg was officially appointed "City of the Nazi Party Rallies" by the National Socialists
• Rallies were advertised through the use of Nazi propaganda in newspapers, magazines and on the radio
• They lasted a week and drew as many as one million people to Nuremberg from all over Germany
• The rallies would consist of speeches from Adolf Hitler as well as mass parades
• Members of the Nazi party (as well as the SS) would carry swastikas during the parades
• Hitler's speeches given at the Nuremburg rallies were often broadcast on the radio
• The rallies gave the Germans a great sense of belonging to a great movement
• These rallies demonstrated to people and the international community the discipline and strength of Germany