The Archive · 1938

Nuremberg Congress Opens

Fuehrer's Proclamation Read by Herr Wagner a General Survey; Extraordinary Claims Made

Nuremberg, Sept. 6. mention of Czechoslovakia was made in the Fuehrer's broch motion read on the occasion of the Nuremberg Congress by Herr Adolf Wagner, chief of the Munich National-Socialist district, Jat Luitpoldhalle this. morning.

Luitpoldhalle is the grand hall of the Congress, ind was filled with 20,000 members of the Nazi Party; 2,000 Storm Troopers, the Fuehrer's personal guests, and members of the diplomatic corps.

In the proclamation, the Fuehrer denied that Germany intend-Jed to conclude a pact with various Powers.

He also stressed that a blockade would be ineffective agi ist the Reich which was self-sufficient.

Herr Hitler hailed the Anschluss and welcomed the adoption of racism by Italy.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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