Hitler at the Zeppelin tribune, Nuremberg 1937
Helmeted SS men guard the edge of the field, girls of the BDM stand before the colonnade, and Hitler salutes from his open car.
A line of SS men in black uniforms and steel helmets stands guard at the foot of the stand while officials, officers and guests in civilian suits watch marching blocks cross the field. Young women of the League of German Girls in white blouses stand in a line before the long colonnade of the Zeppelin tribune. Then Adolf Hitler, in peaked cap and party uniform, stands in the back of a large open car before the tribune with his arm raised, and the car moves slowly along the ranks as officers salute.
Hitler's drive past the formations was the climax of each great parade on the Zeppelin Field. The rally of 1937, the Party Rally of Labour, was the last before the annexation of Austria; a year later the rally would be held under the shadow of the Sudeten crisis.
