In 1933, the American economy was in the tank. Realizing they needed to do something to boost morale, prohibition was repealed on December 5th, and the country experienced the greatest collective day of drinking in history.
But while America was getting blackout drunk, Germany's nationalist party was radicalizing Europe to a concerning degree.
Here are 23 photos of what life looked like in 1933.
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A motorcycle cop in 1933.
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Speaking against Hitler's Enabling Act of 1933, which would eventually give Hitler the power to enact laws without the involvement of the Reichstag. March of 1933.
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The day when the nationwide alcohol ban was repealed.
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The central boulevard “Unter den Linden” in Berlin on May 11, 1933.
9
Delivering Christmas packages, 1933.
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Captured by Captain A.L. Kahn on August 26, 1933.
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In a cornfield he planted that was destroyed by locusts, 1933.
13
After German extremists put a price on his head. 1933.
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1933 at the University of Michigan.
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At the bar on board the luxury liner SS Manhattan.
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The end of Prohibition. Cleveland, Ohio, December, 1933.
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Proving they were not a tipping hazard, 1933.
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Inside her home port, the eight-acre Hangar One, 1933.
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Greeting President von Hindenburg at a memorial service. Berlin, 1933.
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A well hydrated man in 1933.
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With a group of brown shirts in Berlin, 1933.
