Seattle Post-Intelligencer: 75 years since Hitler rose to power
BERLIN — The 75th anniversary of Adolf Hitler's elevation to German chancellor on Wednesday is one the country would prefer to forget, but the ignominious event that ultimately led to the deaths of millions remains part of the nation's weighted history.
Hitler's accession to the post gave the Nazi party its "in" to eventually consolidate absolute control over the country in the months soon after, setting it on the path to World War II and the Holocaust.
The Holocaust remains "for us Germans an indelible part of our history," Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Sunday, as the country marked the 63rd year since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in annual Holocaust remembrance ceremonies. …
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