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Today, April 20th, 2019, is the 130th anniversary of the birth of Hitler. How would the occasion have been celebrated if the Axis had won World War II?

I had a few paragraphs written, but lost the draft to the ‘please reload the page’ security error. Since this is the day in question, here’s a barebones question instead. It was mostly about Hitler’s OTL 50th birthday celebrations in 1939, which was perhaps the apex of Nazi Hitler-worship, particularly as manifested in parades and other spectacles. It started the evening before — like Christmas, which is a chilling thought that does not appreciably overestimate how important Hitler himself was in the ideology he created.

The PoD is September 1st, 1939. I’d like to focus on the events planned and the use of modern technology for propaganda purposes. (That need not be OTL tech, just 80 years of progress.) How the Axis won and who succeeded Hitler are big questions outside the intended scope of this WI.

Although Hitler’s successors would probably not, IMO, use the title “Führer”, it’s more convenient than any other likely title (e.g. “Reich President and Chancellor”).
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