Uncle A- August 21st, 1927

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On August 21, 1927, Adolf Hitler delivered a speech at the Nazi Party's third annual rally in Nuremberg. During the speech, he focused on the Nazi flag as a symbol of the party's principles and goals for the German people.

Key themes of Hitler's speech include:

- The Nazi flag as a symbol: Hitler celebrated the Nazi flag as representing the "struggle for the freedom of our people." He promised that the Nazis would never stop working to "raise the honor of this flag," making it a symbol of "self discipline, obedience, and order".

- Promise of a national rebirth: Hitler's rhetoric included a pledge that Germany's freedom and the fatherland would be reborn, more powerful than ever. He framed the Nazi movement as the vanguard of this national resurrection.

- Attack on Marxism: As with much of his early propaganda, Hitler attacked rival ideologies. He portrayed Marxism as using the misery of people for political gain, contrasting it with National Socialism, which he argued should do the same by capturing the political will of the masses.

- Glorification of the leader and the masses: He emphasized the codependency of the leader and the masses, stating that "the leader stands at the head of the broad masses, but without them he is nothing. Each needs the other." He believed the individual (the leader) was only effective when supported by the collective will of the masses.

- Expansion of the movement: Looking to the future, Hitler expressed his hope for larger, more powerful rallies in the years to come, stating, "May in the coming years a party rally occur at which five times as many people march, even if their sacrifice is still greater than ever before!".

The 1927 rally was significant for the Nazi Party, as it demonstrated their recovery after Hitler's imprisonment following the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. It brought tens of thousands of followers together to put on a theatrical display of the movement's strength.