MILITARY DISPLAY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18332, 26 February 1934, Page 11

MILITARY DISPLAY

GERMAN CEIJIBMATiONS WAR DEAD HONORED (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Feb. 2(5, 3 p,m.) BERLIN, Feb. 24. Coinciding with the fourteenth anni* versarv of the foundation of the Nazi Party, National Heroes’ Memorial Day, honoring Germany’s 2,000,000 war dead, was marked by scenes of pre-war splendor. Crowds watched 70,000 troops in every variety of uniform marching throughout the day from the Unter den Linden to the Lustgarten, where they took the oath of allegiance to Herr Hitler. ■ This example was followed on a wireless signal from Munich by hundreds of thousands at Nazi parades in every other town and village in Germany. Herr Hess broadcast an address. The memorial, ceremony, strongly militaristic in character, began at the Opera House at noon in. the presence of Marshal von Hindenburg, Herr .Hitler, members of the Cabinet, and leading dignitaries. The stage curtain was ‘parted to the strains of Beethoven’s “Coriolanus” overture, showing three huge, silver wreaths on a black velvet screen, the middle one resting on-the imperial tricolor, surmounted by. an iron cross and flanked with swastika flags, before which stood the Reichswehr’s color, a guard holding up the banner ot' the Prussian 'Guards, while General von Blomberg reaffirmed Germany’s innocence of causing the Avar, ». Herr Hitler called for three .cheers 'for Germany and Marshal von Hindenburg. The national anthem, “ HorstWessel,” followed, after which Marshal von Hindenburg placed a Avreath on the adjacent Avar memorial and took the salute from the goose-stepping Rcichswe.hr with bayonets fixed. General Goering, ..uniformed as. .a police general, reviewed his own groon police.