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.
The permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" deals with the causes, contexts and consequences of the National Socialist tyranny within an exhibition space of 1,300 sqm. The focus of the 19 chronologically arranged exhibition areas is the history of the Nazi Party Rallies, which as mass gatherings were used by NS propaganda for staging the "national community".
The exhibition continues outside, with large panels providing supplementary information on the history of each venue along the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, which today still cover approximately 4 sqkm.
Regular special exhibitions are held in the Documentation Centre Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The Educational Forum offers numerous study programs for school classes and youth groups as well as adult groups, providing in-depth insights into various topics of special interest.
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
- The permanent exhibit "Fascination and Terror" provides information about the National Socialist dictatorship at this historical site
- 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
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
Take the opportunity to view for yourself the gigantomania of Adolf Hitler's propaganda plan in a multimedia bus tour in English language with several historic movies shown on large screens in the bus.
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.