German Chancellor Speaks At The Buckeberg Hill Harvest Festival 1930s

The Reich Harvest Thanksgiving Festival (German: Das Reichserntedankfest) was a monumental National Socialist German celebration of the peasantry and the German farmers. The festivals ran from 1933 to 1937 on the Bückeberg, a hill near the town of Hamelin. Most festivals occurred every October, with the 1934 festival commencing 30 September. The official purpose of the festival was the recognition of the achievements of the German farmers, whom the National Socialists called the Reichsnährstand (the Reich's Food Estate).