Excursion to Nuremberg in the footsteps of the Third Reich
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Tourists visiting Nuremberg usually visit the medieval center of Nuremberg. But in Nuremberg, monumental buildings erected during the time of National Socialism (the period 1933-1939) are preserved - this is the "Territory of Party Congresses" of the Nazis (16 square kilometers).
These years can be considered the darkest in the history of the city. The racial laws promulgated by Goering at the party congress in Nuremberg in 1935 painted the city brown. Film director Leni Riefenstahl shot here the famous propaganda film “Triumph of the Will”, and Albert Speer – Hitler’s personal architect, supervised the construction of the entire architectural complex “Territory”. On the field of Zeppelin or Zeppelinenfeld, military parades were held, in which up to 100,000 soldiers participated. The prototype of the main tribunes was the ancient Pergamon altar. We will visit the Congress building, which looks similar to the Roman Colosseum, but is one and a half times larger than the original and can accommodate 50,000 people. The Anti-Fascist Documentary Center is located there. The central axis of this architectural complex is the 2.5-kilometer "Great Road" or Grossestrasse, built for parades. Nearby there is a stadium, of course the largest in the world, where, according to Hitler, the Olympic Games were always to be held in the future. During a tour of the party congresses in Nuremberg, we will visit Luitpold Park, where the final parades of the brown troops took place, after their march through the city. We will also visit the former Marzfeld station. More than two thousand Jews were sent to concentration camps from this station, and trains with prisoners of war arrived at the same station. Now there is desolation, preserved parts of the station buildings, a staircase and some of the eight aprons. As you remember, the whole history ended with the Nuremberg trials, held in the walls of the Palace of Justice. Now there's a memorial. And in the famous hall of 600 still held court hearings, but in ordinary criminal cases. In addition, there are several multi-storey above-ground bunkers in the city, which, if you wish, you can also see.
A professional guide to Nuremberg will help you learn the detailed history of Nuremberg during the Nazi era.