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Show f- ANNIVERSARY- j Seven Years of Nazi 'Tactics I Cement Hitler's Grip on Reich SEVEN years ago this month, on January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany and began writing the blood-stained blood-stained history of the Third Reich. In 1930, already powerful, he scoffed when old President von llindenburg offered him a cabinet post; Hitler wanted "all or nothing" r " x v "fowl "" tl "Handsome Adolf" reviews bis troops in 1932, during the years he was making sensational gains in ev-,ery ev-,ery election. Finally llindenburg offered of-fered him the chancellorship, but Hitler demanded too many concessions. Old llindenburg, weary unto death, capitulated in January, 1933, and made Hitler chancellor. They distrusted dis-trusted each other from the start. Here they pose together at the nineteenth nine-teenth anniversary of Tannenberg battle. i 1 1 v ' i ii lip- .ryqf r ' Ms." - -SB ffS liriniiiiiiiiinniDinMaii Kfiiff ftfli-- iiwrfii m 'Sin 1 Events moved rapidly now. A stooge named Marinus van der Lnbbe (huddled, (hud-dled, above) was charged with the "Communist inspired" Reichstag fire February 27, 1933, after which all freedom of speech and press was suspended. The next month Hitler got 288 Reichstag seats in the "election." "elec-tion." In quick succession came the Jewish boycott, outlaw of labor unions, un-ions, concentration camps and rhureh nnrsrriitinn His power secured through these moves, Hitler next "purged" his ranks of "traitors." On June 30, 1934, the world was startled when Capt. Ernest Roehm, once a closer Hitler associate, and anywhere from 77 to several hundred other Nazis were shot. Next Hitler turned to foreign affairs. In January, 1935, having resigned from the League of Nations, be called the Saar plcbi- eritp. " i In March, 1936, be marched troops into the Rhincland. Then came the construction of an anti-Commitcrn foreign pact with Italy, whose II Duce Benito Mussolini (shown above with Hitler) seemed to have ideas closely paralleling those of Der Fuehrer. Soon Japan Joined the anti-Commitern pact, and Hitler felt secure. So much, In fact, that in March, 1938, he suddenly took possession of Austria and thus began the violent program of territorial seizure that led to war last September. One by one great men called on him, trying to make peace. Britain's Prime Minister Chamberlain, above, made three trips climaxing In the Munich agreement under which Su-detenland Su-detenland went to Germany. But still the appetite grew. In March, 1939, Germany seized Ciecho-Slova-kia; a week later, Memel. Hitler was getting closer and closer to the Russian juggernaut, and U was inevitable inev-itable that they should meet They did, signing a treaty on August 23, 1939. Seven days later Hitler's armies invaded Foland for the lightning light-ning war in which Russia joined couple of weeks later. In 30 days Poland was no more, but meanwhile France and Britain, Poland's allies, had declared war against the Nazis. Thus is Hitlcrlsm brought up ta date; where will it go from here? Ob to new conquests, or down to a humiliating hu-miliating defeat? srW sfeVv Hitler entering Vienna in March, 1938. (See arrow). |