December 30, 1932 - Berlin
President Braun addressed Germany and Austria today, in preparation for the great events to come in less than 36 hours.
"People of Germany and Austria, I salute you. In less than two days time, a dream of both countries will come true, the union of the peoples of our nations under a single flag. Preparations have been made for this event, but the possibility remains of some confusion during the change. I ask you, all of you, to be patient during this time of transition, your civil servants, soldiers and police officers will be doing their best in a time of change. But soon this transition period will be over, and then we will hold all in government to their usual high standards."
"I also stand here to remind all of you that there will be elections for the new national government this year. Those of who live within the current German borders know that our national elections for this past year were delayed, and I applaud all of you for understanding the reasons why. But those elections will be coming this year, for all national posts throughout the borders of the union of Germany and Austria. First, in April, there will be an election for President, then in August a new Reichstag will be elected. For those who live within the borders of Austria, the election laws are not so different than your current laws, but they have been printed and will be distributed throughout your land by the end of January of 1933, because the elections of 1932 were delayed into 1933 specifically to allow you to have a full say in your government."