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This particular series is from Hugo Jaeger, who was one of Hitler’s personal photographers

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The sight of all those banners and swastikas is just so oppressive

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Sights like this make you realise how fanatical these Nazis actually were

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Dissent against the Nazis was prevalent in Germany, but images like this showed them to be a united front

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A fearsome sight for any detractor of the Third Reich

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This blanket bombardment of symbols and ideals is not a new concept in totalitarian government

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As Life.com editor Ben Cosgrove writes in his essay accompany the photo set, “it never hurts to remind ourselves that it takes far more than emblems — no matter how commanding they might be, or how transcendent they might seem — to transform a movement into an enduring political, social or military force.”