30th January, tin tin tin. Bell brought something to your memories. No? Let me 
tell you this is the day when Hitler rose to power i.e. he wielded the powers of chancellor of Germany - exactly 80 years ago today.
Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany was the first step towards his creation of a totalitarian regime. The photos are part of an online gallery published by newsreel company British Pathe in order to record the pivotal moment in history.
The British Pathe captioned these footage as 'Hitler was now master of his
own destiny' - and hinting that only fear and uncertainty lay ahead. It compared Hitler, a former lowly soldier from Austria, to Otto von Bismarck, the famous 19th Century statesman who unified Germany through war.
The full caption read as follows: 'BERLIN ... ADOLF HITLER assumes Bismarck's mantle as Germany's chancellor. He is now master of his adopted country's destiny and a wondering world awaits ... what?'
Pictures in the online gallery show the Nazi dictator surrounded by his
henchmen, including Hermann Göring, who was also appointed Minister of the Interior for Prussia. Another shot shows Hitler giving a thumbs-up to his supporters. A spokesman for British Pathe said: 'Hitler's appointment as Chancellor was significant in his rise to power and the footage from 80 years ago is an important piece of history because of what followed.'
Hitler was appointed chancellor by German statesman Paul von Hindenburg after three elections had not resulted in the formation of a majority government. Von Hindenburg had reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as leader after influential politicians, industrialists and businessmen urged him to do so.
Hitler was to head a short-lived coalition government formed by his own
National Socialist German Workers Party and another party, the German National People's Party. On 30 January 1933, the new cabinet was sworn in during a brief ceremony in Hindenburg's office. Hitler had initially tried to seize power in 1923 in an event known as the Beer Hall Putsch. The NSDAP stormed a public meeting at the Bürgerbräukeller, a large beer hall in Munich, and declared the formation of a new government.
However, the coup failed and Hitler was arrested and spent a year in prison. While serving his sentence he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle), an autobiography and ideological text that laid out Hitler's plans for transforming German society into one based on race. After his release he set about rebuilding the NSDAP and concentrated on achieving power through a more legitimate political path.
He exploited the discontent a number of Germans, particularly farmers, war veterans, and the middle class, felt after the trials of the Great Depression, and steadily rose to power. After his appointment as chancellor in 1933, he transformed the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich, a single-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism.
tell you this is the day when Hitler rose to power i.e. he wielded the powers of chancellor of Germany - exactly 80 years ago today.
Hitler's appointment as Chancellor of Germany was the first step towards his creation of a totalitarian regime. The photos are part of an online gallery published by newsreel company British Pathe in order to record the pivotal moment in history.
The British Pathe captioned these footage as 'Hitler was now master of his
own destiny' - and hinting that only fear and uncertainty lay ahead. It compared Hitler, a former lowly soldier from Austria, to Otto von Bismarck, the famous 19th Century statesman who unified Germany through war.
The full caption read as follows: 'BERLIN ... ADOLF HITLER assumes Bismarck's mantle as Germany's chancellor. He is now master of his adopted country's destiny and a wondering world awaits ... what?'
Pictures in the online gallery show the Nazi dictator surrounded by his
henchmen, including Hermann Göring, who was also appointed Minister of the Interior for Prussia. Another shot shows Hitler giving a thumbs-up to his supporters. A spokesman for British Pathe said: 'Hitler's appointment as Chancellor was significant in his rise to power and the footage from 80 years ago is an important piece of history because of what followed.'
Hitler was appointed chancellor by German statesman Paul von Hindenburg after three elections had not resulted in the formation of a majority government. Von Hindenburg had reluctantly agreed to appoint Hitler as leader after influential politicians, industrialists and businessmen urged him to do so.
Hitler was to head a short-lived coalition government formed by his own
National Socialist German Workers Party and another party, the German National People's Party. On 30 January 1933, the new cabinet was sworn in during a brief ceremony in Hindenburg's office. Hitler had initially tried to seize power in 1923 in an event known as the Beer Hall Putsch. The NSDAP stormed a public meeting at the Bürgerbräukeller, a large beer hall in Munich, and declared the formation of a new government.
However, the coup failed and Hitler was arrested and spent a year in prison. While serving his sentence he wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle), an autobiography and ideological text that laid out Hitler's plans for transforming German society into one based on race. After his release he set about rebuilding the NSDAP and concentrated on achieving power through a more legitimate political path.
He exploited the discontent a number of Germans, particularly farmers, war veterans, and the middle class, felt after the trials of the Great Depression, and steadily rose to power. After his appointment as chancellor in 1933, he transformed the Weimar Republic into the Third Reich, a single-party dictatorship based on the totalitarian and autocratic ideology of Nazism.
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