Romanoff Grand - duchess In Potsdam Ceremony by military bands, while troops lining the platform presented arms. As Herr Hitler alighted, he was greeted by a roar of cheers from the crowd which packed the platforms waving Italian and German flags.
The Fuehrer reviewed the troops shortly before the train continued ite journey. A few minutes later a second train bringing members of the Reich Government, such as Dr. Paul Goebbels, Minister of Propaganda, and Herr Rudolf Hesse, Deputy-Leader of the National-Socialist party, arrived at the station, Signor Guiseppe Bastaini, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, welcomed the German leaders, and accompanied them on their trip to Rome. Near every station and railway crossing, crowds of Fascists wearing uniforms waved flags as the trains pass.
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