Uncle A- September 16th, 1930

Context of the Nazi Party's activities in mid-September 1930

- Election results: The September 14th election was a major turning point for the Nazis, who won 107 seats, up from just 12 in the 1928 election. This made them the second-largest party in the Reichstag and demonstrated the growing power of their movement.

- Political strategy: With their new-found success, Hitler and the Nazi Party doubled down on their strategy of using the parliamentary system to gain power. In a 1930 statement, Hitler had declared that the party would now have to "hold our noses and enter the Reichstag" and out-vote their opponents, rather than relying on an armed coup.

- Intensified rhetoric: Though no speech is recorded on September 16, it is highly likely that any rally or address in the days following the election would have repeated the Nazis' core themes, including:
- Condemning the democratic Weimar Republic.
- Blaming Jews, communists, and the Treaty of Versailles for Germany's economic woes.
- Presenting the Nazi Party as the only force that could bring salvation to the nation.