Adolf Hitler. Place and date uncertain. Photograph »
Germans cheer Adolf Hitler as he leaves the Hotel Kaiserhof just after being sworn in as chancellor. Berlin, Germany, January 30, 1933. Photograph »
On the day of his appointment as German chancellor, Adolf Hitler greets a crowd of enthusiastic Germans from a window in the Chancellery building. Berlin, Germany, January 30, 1933. Photograph »
From a window in the Reich Chancellery, German president Paul von Hindenburg watches a Nazi torchlight parade in honor of Hitler's appointment as German Chancellor. Berlin, Germany, January 30, 1933. Photograph »
Adolf Hitler poses with his cabinet shortly after assuming power as chancellor of Germany. Hitler is flanked by Joseph Goebbels (left) and Hermann Goering (right). Berlin, Germany, 1933. Photograph »
Members of the SS (Schutzstaffel; originally Hitler's bodyguard, later the elite guard of the Nazi state) parade during a rally. Germany, date uncertain. Photograph »
Battalions of Nazi street fighters salute Hitler during an SA parade through Dortmund. Germany, 1933. Photograph »
The Reichstag (German parliament) building burns in Berlin. Hitler used the event to convince President Hindenburg to declare a state of emergency, suspending important constitutional safeguards. Germany, February 27, 1933. Photograph »
After Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he persuaded his cabinet to declare a state of emergency and end many individual freedoms. Here, police search a vehicle for arms. Berlin, Germany, February 27, 1933. Photograph »
Political opponents of the Nazis, guarded by SA (Storm Troopers), are forced to scrub anti-Hitler slogans off a wall shortly after the Nazi assumption of power. Germany, March 1933. Photograph »
Prisoners arrested during the crackdown on leftists and other targeted groups exercise in the courtyard of the Alexanderplatz prison. Munich, Germany, April 10, 1933. Photograph »
View of barracks and the ammunition factory in one of the first photos of Dachau concentration camp. Dachau, Germany, March or April 1933. Photograph »
An early view of the Dachau concentration camp. Columns of prisoners are visible behind the barbed wire. Dachau, Germany, May 24, 1933. Photograph »
In Berlin, thousands of Party officials, Hitler Youth members, and Labor Service leaders take an oath of loyalty read by Rudolf Hess in Munich and broadcast across Germany. Berlin, Germany, February 25, 1934. Photograph »
Hitler salutes the youth ranks at the Nazi Party Congress. Nuremberg, Germany, September, 1935. Photograph »
Hitler reviews 35,000 SA troops celebrating the third anniversary of his assumption of power. Berlin, Germany, February 20, 1936. Photograph »
Germans listen to an antisemitic speech by Hitler. Josef Goebbels, minister of propaganda, encouraged every family to acquire a radio. Germany, January 30, 1937. Photograph »
German police parade before Adolf Hitler in front of Hotel Deutsches Haus, at a Nazi Party Congress rally. Nuremberg, Germany, September 10, 1937. Photograph »
Members of a military unit swear allegiance to Hitler. Germany, date uncertain. Photograph »
A Hitler Youth ceremony of the sort conceived by Baldur von Schirach—to strengthen dedication to Hitler—in which members recited verses, sang patriotic songs, and performed "mock funerals" for "fallen comrades." Germany, date uncertain. Photograph »
