Nurnberg is only a 2+ hr train ride away from Stuttgart which made for a perfect day trip. The early train got me in pretty early. I was at the Nazi-Rally grounds by 10:30.
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This is the Nazi Documentation center. It is an amazing museum that tells the story of the Nazi's rise to power and continues all the way through the Nurnberg war crime trials. I spent about 3.5 hrs in the museum alone and I think I watched every movie and listened to every audio clip (I couldn't read anything on the walls, so the audio-guide telephone type device basically read the whole museum to me. It was really interesting though.
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The Museum is build into the corner of the unfinished congress hall. Along with telling the story of the nazis, the musium really focuses on their intended plans for the Nurnburg Rally grounds. The plans were really amazing, and although only one part was completed (Zepplin Field) and several works incomplete (German Stadium and Congress Hall) the whole area is intimidating and on a scale that makes a single person feel insignificant. This was the exact intended purpose of the Rally grounds. They were to be a place where someone came to be a part of something bigger than them, not voice their own opinions.
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Zepplin Field - Where Hitler spoke to 350 000 poeple each year in the drive leading to WWII. Much of it had to be reduced in size because it was not safe, but it is still a sight to see. I stood at the podium and felt pretty powerful, although I read that it is illegal in Nurnberg to do the nazi salute on the podium.
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The grounds around the museum and Zepplin field are enormous. It was originally going to be 11 square kilometers of marching fields and parade grounds. and although much of this area now houses the FC nurnburg staduim and a few other buildings, much of the grounds was neglected for the past 60yrs. Now they are developing it into a recreational park (as it was before 1933, when the nazi's first used it). There are kms of perfect rollerblading and there are beautiful little ponds that formed from the foundations of the never completed buildings , like the 400 000 spectator German Stadium.
The grounds around the museum and Zepplin field are enormous. It was originally going to be 11 square kilometers of marching fields and parade grounds. and although much of this area now houses the FC nurnburg staduim and a few other buildings, much of the grounds was neglected for the past 60yrs. Now they are developing it into a recreational park (as it was before 1933, when the nazi's first used it). There are kms of perfect rollerblading and there are beautiful little ponds that formed from the foundations of the never completed buildings , like the 400 000 spectator German Stadium.
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