The view from the grandstands for the general public, looking toward the elevated center section of the Zeppelin Grandstand across the formations gathered in the Zeppelin Field, was intended to convey the impression of a cohesive, powerful throng gathered under a single leadership. The National Socialists held their Party Rallies in Nuremberg from 1933 to 1938. These were elaborate propaganda events intended to impress the public and to display the National Socialists' concept of themselves.