Picto Diary - 08 May 2016 - Nazi Party Rally Grounds

Above: Bishop observes image of Adolf Hitler. Documentation Center. Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Nuremberg, Germany. 08 May 2016.

Bishop remembers having posed in a similar image by a bust of Josef Stalin in Stalin Museum, Stalin birthplace, Gori, Georgia, a couple of years ago.

The two dictators.... Stalin and Hitler... were responsible for upwards of fifty million deaths.

Above: The Bishop surveys Congress Hall. Nazi Party Rally Grounds. Nuremburg, Germany. 08 May 2016.

Congress Hall is one of the largest Nazi buildings to survive the war. One of the intended effects of the style used was to give the impression that the "Third Reich" was to be a momentous period in world history.

Above: Image of one of the Nazi Party rallies held in Nuremberg between 1933 and 1938. Venue: Zeppelin Field, Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg, Germany.

The rallies, held in September, were usually attended by more than a million people. Adolf Hitler presented opening remarks and a closing speech at these rallies.

More than any other German city, Nuremberg was linked to National Socialism. The "Nuremberg Laws" from 1935 and Julius Streicher's anti-Semitic newspaper, "The Stormtrooper" promoted Nuremberg's reputation as a Nazi city.

Above: Montage stands at Zeppelin Field, site of Nazi Party rallies held in Nuremberg, Germany each September from 1933 to 1938.

"Rallies" at this spot in more recent times have included The Rolling Stones, Foo Fighters, and Metallica.

The worm turns.

Above: Brats at Bratwurst-Roeslein restaurant. Nuremberg, Germany. 08 May 2016.

Addendum:


We loved Prague. Great beer...Pilsner Urquell
We stayed in a lovely hotel, former monastery that
Had an on going brewery from 1300s.

Bronx Girl,
Pelham, NY