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Germany after the Reichstag fire had to find a new location for the newly elected Reichstag (March 5). The inagural celebrations had not yet been held. The location decided upon was Potsdam--a Berlin suburb. The location was the Garrison Church. Two Prussian kings (Frederick William I and Frederick II) were then buried there. President Hindenburg had previously appointed Adolf Hitler as the Reich chancellor. The opening of the new Reichstag (here meaning parliament rather than the building) came to be known in NAZI Germany as the Day of Potsdam and was portrayed in NAZI mythology as a union between the old and new Germany. Potsdam was a symbol of the old Germany. It was the capital of Prussia and the location of the residence of Prussian kings. The most fabeled Prussian king (Frederock the Great--Frederick II is buried there.) After unification (1870), the capital moved to Berlin, but the royal court remained in Potsdam. There was a Prussian military garrison at Potsdam which is why the church is named the Garison Church. Thus opening the new Reichstag there with the new Chancellor symbolically merged the old Prussian traditions with the NAZI New Order (March 21). The energetic young Hitler appeared at the ceremony wearing in a tail coat and gratiously greeted the aging President. Annual celebrations were held in Potsdam to commemorate the historic day. The Hitler Youth converged there in large numbers.
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