Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds: In the Third Reich Nuremberg was the "City of the Nazi Party Rallies". The north wing of the unfinished Congress Hall on the former Nazi Party Rally grounds, designed by the National Socialists to accommodate 50,000 people, is now occupied by the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds.
Interim Exhibition: Nuremberg - Site of the Nazi Party Rallies
The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds will begin a major remodeling project and the old Permanent Exhibition will give way to an Interim Exhibition for the duration of the construction work, with a focus on the space and content of the Rally Grounds. A large-format media installation will take visitors on a trip through time from 1918 to today, and provide an introductory orientation to this vast tract of land. A kaleidoscopic range of photos and plans will set the site within the overall context of its time and topography.
Four time periods grouped around the installation will illustrate events at the Rally Grounds. For the first time, national history will be retold from a local perspective. Selected objects will join documents, films and photos to create a collage-like picture of the past. Many biographies and eyewitness reports will illuminate the topic from personal vantage points. Familiar facts will be joined by new findings; changes in approach and attempts at explanations will be linked with established knowledge. Media stations will emphasize the diversity of voices and invite visitors to form their own picture of this history.
Key facts:
- Even today, one can see gigantic reminders of the megalomania of the National Socialist regime on the 11km² area of the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds
- The Documentation Center Former Nazi Party Rally Grounds is located in the north wing of the unfinished Congress Hall
- In 2002, the Documentation Center received the "Silver Otter" from the British Guild of Travel Writers as one of the world's best tourism projects
At a glance
Information
Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally GroundsBayernstraße 110
90478 Nürnberg
+49 (0)911 231 - 75 38
+49 (0)911 2318410
dokumentationszentrum@stadt.nuernberg.de
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Opening hours
Mon - Sun: 10 am - 6 pm
Prices
Adults 6,- € / reduced rate 1,50 € / School classes 1,50 € / Families 6,50 € or 12,50 € / Groups of 15 and more 5,- €
NOTICE: Only indiviual tickets can be booked online. Group tickets or special tickets can only be bought on location.
Reservations for a audioguide are requested for groups of 10 or more
Free admission with the NÜRNBERG CARD!
Tickets
Accessibility
- Informationen für Menschen mit Hörbehinderung und taube Menschen (609 KB)
- Informationen für Menschen mit Sehbehinderung und blinde Menschen (1 MB)
- Kurzbericht zu Informationen für Menschen mit Behinderung (621 KB)
- Informationen für Menschen mit kognitiver Beeinträchtigung (1 MB)
- Informationen für Menschen mit Gehbehinderung und Menschen im Rollstuhl (969 KB)
Guided Tours
Saturday: 3 pm (german language)
Price: 3,- € / reduced rate 2,- € in addition to admission fee
Min. number of participants: 15
information about educational services at the documentation center
Basic information on accessibility
Fully wheelchair accessible
Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds:
5 things, you should know about.- Under the roof of the Congress Hall in Nuremberg, the municipal museums of Nuremberg – together with partner organizations – offer school classes, young people and adults in-depth educational programs.
- Every Saturday, you can visit parts of the Documentation Centre that are not normally open to the public on a special tour. During the tour, you go up to the roof terrace of the Congress Hall.
- In the south wing of the Congress Hall Nuremberg, the Nuremberg Symphony is at home in the Serenadenhof.
- The grounds around the Congress Hall were a recreational area for the citizens of Nuremberg before the Nazi Party Rallies took place and are used for leisure activities today.
- The football stadium which is home to the 1st FC Nuremberg, a multifunctional arena, the Norisring and the Nuremberg fairgrounds are all located on parts of the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The festival "Rock im Park" also takes place here each year.
Impressions
Ganze elf Quadratkilometer umfasste das ehemalige Reichsparteitagsgelände - der Ort, an dem die Nationalsozialisten jährlich ein aufwändiges Propagandaspektakel veranstalteten. Die Bustour über das weitläufige Areal erklärt die überwältigende Kulissenarchitektur, die Funktion der Reichsparteitage und den Umgang Nürnberg mit dem nationalsozialistischen Erbe.
Während der...
Up to the present day the "Nuremberg Rallies", the "Nuremberg Trials" and the "Nuremberg Laws" link the city's name to the period of Nazi rule. The guided tour presents the rallies as mass-propaganda shows but also gives an insight into the system of concentration and exterminations camps which wnet hand in hand with the propaganda.
In addition, there is a discussion about how...
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