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    • Darren and JanetMorocco and Portugal 2023
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      Day 6

      Rally Grounds

      February 26, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      More snow and bitterly cold wind this morning, so we rugged up and caught the train to the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds, aka Zeppelin Field (named after the landing of one of Count Zeppelin's airships there in 1909).

      From 1933 the area was used by the Nazis Party for their annual party rally, with up to 200,000 attendees. During World War II it remained largely intact. On April 22 1945, the US Army held its victory parade at the main grandstand, and after the ceremony the swastika atop the building was blown up. In 1967 the pillar galleries were demolished because they were unsafe. The shortened grandstand remains, with the area still used for an annual motor racing event and cultural events.

      Across the lake from Zeppelin Field is Congress Hall. This huge building was to provide undercover seating for 50,000 people, and would have been almost twice the size of the Colosseum in Rome. The outside looks complete, but the interior is an unfinished shell, 39m in height. Construction work was abandoned in World War II and it remains unfinished today.

      We walked back to the city via a number of caches and had dinner at a local restaurant.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope by Eurail
      Day 25

      Nuremberg and WWII

      August 6, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

      We had a guest for breakfast today. A little cafe along the castle walls served a lovely coffee and croissant, but we were joined by a very cheeky and unafraid little bird who was taking the crumbs and feeding their young.

      From breakfast we walked to the Palace of Justice. Still a working courtroom, we went to see the place where the Nuremberg Trials took place in 1945/6. It was eerie to stand in Court Room 600 on the 2nd floor, where Nazis including Rudolf Heß, Hermann Göring and Albert Speer stood trial for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity. The superb exhibition on the 3rd floor showed how the Court was created, how the trial progressed and its outcome, as well as the other Nuremberg Trials and the subsequent impact on the world to the modern day. We spent nearly 3 hours there listening to the audioguide including excepts from Nazi documents presented as evidence and footage from the trial itself.

      From there, we caught a train to the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds. This huge site held Nazi Party rallies including some of the most famous footage in the 'Triumph of the Will'. The temporary exhibition in the Congress Hall here was equally excellent, showing the impact of propaganda in the Nazi regime. This hall was built to hold 50,000 people as a congress hall for the Nazi Party - it was never finished, but what was built is huge and leaves you in no doubt about the intention.

      We walked from here around the lake to Zeppelin Field. Here, some of the most famous footage from Nazi Party rallies was taken. The large grandstand remains today, although the swastika was blown off the top of it after the war. Standing on the grandstand and looking out over the vast space where ranks of soldiers stood under the eyes of Hitler and other senior Nazis, the emotions it creates are pretty heady and unpleasant. It is so important to remember these events, but so horrifying to do so as well.

      Finishing off around the lake, we headed back to Nuremberg centre, and after a wander through the streets, retired to the hotel after a long, fascinating and painful day.      Read more

    • TravelerEurope
      Day 54

      Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg

      October 19, 2017 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      We spent a couple of hours walking around what remains of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Unfortunately, we didn't have time to go through the museum which is housed in the unfinished Congress Hall. That building looks like a modern day Colosseum from the outside.

      The structures would have been magnificent in scale. The cost of upkeep though has been too much and in 1979 the main columns of the iconic front section of the Zepelin Field building were destroyed by the government as they had become unsafe.

      These days, the venue is used for concerts and car races, and the annual VolksFest. There are also a number of sporting stadiums. The walk around the lake was great. We came across a flock of wild geese who were not at all disturbed by humans wandering past.      Read more

    • TravelerChristmas Markets
      Day 5

      Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt

      December 5, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 1 °C

      Pack up and let ready to go again....2 hr drive to Nuremberg. I was able to enjoy the view of the expansive fields. On the way we saw the tall posts surrounded by netting this is where the hops grow. German beer has not additives on hops, yeast, barley and water and they don’t sell other beers. Once we reached the Ramada Inn we waited for our local tour guide. We made two stops on the tour one was the park from where Hilter made his propaganda speeches. The speech was 5 hours long, in 89% weather and over 100k people. The other stop was in front of the. Courthouse were the Nuremberg trials we held, it was in front of the prison. One of the only buildings left standing after the war. Nuremberg was know for making motorcycles. We drove around the city which is still standing from the war. The Christmas market is inside of the city. We had lunch at Bratwustr Roslein and which was recommended as a favorite place to eat bratwustr. The plate arrive with 6 (breakfast sausage links), warm potato salad and sauerkraut. They tasted like regular breakfast sausage. We lunched with our Canadian Gal Pals - 3 sisters - Joyce, Betty Ann, Sharon (looks just like Shirley McLain) and Sharon( from Las Vegas). After lunch we headed out to the market. BRRRR is was cold!! Each vendor has a booth that looks like a village cottage, twigs, birch logs, pine swags, and twinkle lights. In this Market there were about 8 rows of stalls the main booths:
      *Candy,sweets, ginger bread
      *Wooden toys
      *Angels with no arms
      *Brautwurst
      “Potato
      I bought a handmade hand puppet for Miles, it reminded me of him :). We stayed until 4:15 and since it gets dark around 4:30 we were able to enjoy seeing things lit up. Cari noticed that all the lights are small white, not like our which are colored. We took to bus back to the hotel: Ramada Inn, we walked into the room and it smelled like smoke..yuk and they upgraded us to the best room in the hotel. Suite with 2 bathrooms, 2 balconies but the duvet cover didn’t even cover the top of the bed....weird, and there was such low light. The hotel gifted us a bottle of Castelli wine which we gave to Robert. We met the girls for a drink in the bar before dinner in the hotel. Back to the room, rest for tomorrow.

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    • TravelerDeutschlandtour 2021
      Day 2

      Ehemaliges Reichsparteitagsgelände

      August 1, 2021 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

      Zu Fuß mit einem Eis auf der Hand zurück im Appartement, gab es für Mats noch den Nachmittagsbrei und ein bisschen Bewegungspause (Bewegung für Mats und Pause für uns 😃). Es folgte ein kurzer heftiger Schauer ehe wir uns mit dem Auto auf den Weg zum ehemaligen Reichsparteitagsgelände machten. Dort angekommen parkten wir direkt mitten in der einst geplanten Kongresshalle, dessen Bau während des Krieges eingestellt wurde. Die Höhe wurde nur zur Hälfte erreicht und lässt den Größenwahn nur ansatzweise erahnen.
      Im Dokumentationszentrum konnten wir noch ein paar bildliche Eindrücke von damals sammeln, jedoch ist die Hälfte des Gebäudes gerade aufgrund von Umbauten nicht zugänglich.
      Zum Zeppelinfeld ist mit dem Auto oder laut Mitarbeiter in 10 min. zu Fuß erreichbar. Da wir uns aber für einen Rundweg um den Dutzendteich entschieden haben, hat es schlussendlich 30 min gedauert und ging noch vorbei an der „großen Straße“ welche damals für Militärparaden genutzt wurde und heute als Parkplatz und für Volksfeste dient. Leider überraschte uns noch ein heftiger Regenschauer kurz vor dem Zeppelinfeld und wir standen mit ein paar anderen Leuten unter einer großen Eiche bis es langsam aufgehört hatte zu regnen.
      Das Zeppelinfeld bestand aus einer großen Wiese, die für die Landungen von Zeppelinen als auch für Filmaufnahmen von Leni Riefenstahl diente. Die Tribüne vor dem Feld wurde für Ansprachen genutzt.
      Mats hatte erneut die Windel voll, dies ist uns allerdings erst aufgefallen, als Finn mit Mats spielen wollte und seinen Kopf unter das Regenverdeck des Kinderwagens gehalten hat. Er zog den Kopf mit würgendem Gesichtsausdruck unter dem Regenverdeck hervor und meinte nur: „Mats hat geschissen!“. Also erneut ein Freiluftwickeln direkt an der Tribüne 😃🙈.
      Im Anschluss ging es zurück ins Appartement und da wir nicht schon genug Kilometer in den Beinen hatten, ging Torsten noch ne Stunde joggen 🙈🤪.      Read more

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