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The Steel Helmet in Berlin

Propaganda made for Der Stahlhelm, we see its members celebrating Reichsfrontsoldatentag — Frontline Soldiers' Day — in May 1927, featuring plenty of marching and praying. Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten (transl. 'The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers'), commonly known as Der Stahlhelm (lit. 'The Steel Helmet') or Stahlhelm BdF ('D.S. BdF'), was a revanchist ex-serviceman's association formed in Germany after the First World War. Dedicated to preserving the camaraderie and sacrifice of German frontline soldiers, it quickly evolved into a highly politicised force of ultranationalist resistance, opposed to the democratic values of the Weimar Republic.

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Propaganda made for Der Stahlhelm, we see its members celebrating Reichsfrontsoldatentag — Frontline Soldiers' Day — in May 1927, featuring plenty of marching and praying. Der Stahlhelm, Bund der Frontsoldaten (transl. 'The Steel Helmet, League of Front-Line Soldiers'), commonly known as Der Stahlhelm (lit. 'The Steel Helmet') or Stahlhelm BdF ('D.S. BdF'), was a revanchist ex-serviceman's association formed in Germany after the First World War. Dedicated to preserving the camaraderie and sacrifice of German frontline soldiers, it quickly evolved into a highly politicised force of ultranationalist resistance, opposed to the democratic values of the Weimar Republic.

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