The Internationale has been “a standard of the socialist movement since the late nineteenth century, when the Second International adopted it as its official anthem.” […]
“The Internationale” (1871-1888)
Pavel Gorinshtejn and Samuel Pokrass, “White Army, Black Baron” (1920)
Composed by Pavel Gorinshtejn and Samuel Pokrass in 1920, in the midst of the Russian Civil War between the so-called “Red” (Bolshevik) and “White” (pro-Tsarist) […]
“Inside the Gates of Soviet Russia” (1920-1921)
The following is a British Pathé newsreel from 1920-1921 which offered the British public, as well as the broader Western European community, “the first pictures […]
“National Anthem of the Weimar Republic” (1922-1933)
While having been written by the German composer Joseph Haydn in 1797, the Deutschlandlied (National Anthem of Germany) was officially adopted as the National Anthem […]
“The Charleston” (1923)
Composed by the American musician James P. Johnson in 1923, “The Charleston” was one of the first international jazz sensations. As the song (and the […]
A Speech by Benito Mussolini (1932)
Benito Mussolini was known for giving boisterous, rabble rousing speeches from the balcony of his headquarters at Palazzo Venezia in Rome. The following is a […]
“Giovinezza” (1924)
“Giovinezza” (“Youth”) was the official hymn of the National Fascist Party in Italy between 1924 and 1943, when Mussolini was arrested and locked up in […]
The Stock Market Crash and Hyperinflation in Weimar Germany (1929)
Between October 24 and 29, 1929, the American stock market crashed, sending financial shockwaves across the international marketplace. While affecting the majority of Western economies, […]
The Horst Wessel Song (1929)
Written by Horst Wessel, the commander of the Nazi paramilitary “Brownshirts” in Berlin, the Horst Wessel Song served as the anthem of the Nazi Party […]
A Speech by Adolf Hitler (1936)
Large crowds gather at a Nazi rally in Nuremberg, Germany in 1936 to watch Adolf Hitler deliver a fiery speech three years prior to the […]