Goebbels Speech on the Day of the German Railroad Worker - 7 December 1943

The Day of the German Railroad Worker (Tag des deutschen Eisenbahners) was a commemorative day to celebrate the German Railroads wartime effort. Introduced in 1943 by Hitler, it was to be celebrated on December 7th.
The day was chosen because on December 7th, 1835, the first German railroad was opend to the public in Bavaria.

In 1943, the day was celebrated in Berlin with various speeches by high-ranking railroad officers, and also with a speech of Joseph Goebbels, the Propaganda Minister.
Also on this day, 95 railroad workers were awarded the War Merrit Cross 1st Class with Swords, 66 the War Merrit Cross 1st Class without Swords and 6 were awarded the Knights Cross of the War Merrit Cross.

It was celebrated once more in 1944.

In post-war East Germany, the day was re-introduced in 1952, celebrated on the second Sunday of June.

This video is Goebbels Speech that he held in 1943 on the Day of the German Railroad Worker, in which he thanked the workers for their wartime duty and also repeated his propaganda that Germany will win the war. He also spoke about the allied bombing raids and promised that they will not break German morale.
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Subtitles made by me.