Word: sportpalast
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...built his Party, from the prison cell into which Hitler was thrown when the first march failed, from the window in the old Chancellery where Hitler was sworn in as Chancellor of the Reich. The day's climax was a speech by Hitler himself in Berlin's Sportpalast...
Despite "strictest secrecy," 20,000 people had crowded into the Sportpalast by 4:30 p.m. For blocks outside storm troopers stood every few feet, and in the hall they sat in all the aisle seats. The occasion was all pomp. Above the stage a gigantic golden eagle sparkled against a red backdrop garnished with swastikas...