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World Service,24 Jan 2012,10 mins

The rise of Hitler

Witness History

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On January 25 1933 the last legal communist march was held in Berlin. Just a few days later Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. Soon the Communist Party was banned and the Nazi grip on power was complete. Eric Hobsbawm was a schoolboy communist. Photo: Communist rally 1932. Hulton Archive/Getty Images

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