1 May 1933

Germany
  • In Germany the NSDAP organisation, unable to cope with the 850,000 new requests for membership, called a moratorium on recruitment until May 1937, except for those already in affiliated organisations (SA, SS, Hitler Youth etc.). ww2dbase [AC]
  • The noted academic, Carl Schmitt, Professor of Law at Berlin University in Germany, joined the National Socialist Party. It was through his influence that so many German academics and lawyers would be exulted to accept the new order. ww2dbase [Berlin | AC]
Hungary
  • Károly Beregfy was made the chief of Section 3/c of the Hungarian Ministry of Defense. ww2dbase [Károly Beregfy | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 1 May 1933
Hitler and Papen at Lustgarten, Berlin, Germany, 1 May 1933Hitler Youth gathering at Lustgarten, Berlin, Germany, 1 May 1933A Hitler Youth marching band resting near Lustgarten, Berlin, 1 May 1933Reich government during the celebration for the First of May 1933 in the Berlin Lustgarten. Left to right are Meissner (with book), von Papen, Blomberg, Hitler, and Goebbels.

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