Standing in the Place of Hitler

The last thing we did before leaving out of Nuremberg was to visit was to visit the Documentation Centre & Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The building that serves as the museum is part of the old building that Hitler wanted to build to hold thousands of Nazi’s during the rallies. It was never finished due to the war, but most of it still remained. The new addition to the building which serves as the entrance looks like there is a giant spear going all the way through the building (you can see it from the other side). I can’t remember the exact symbolism that the architect was going for, but to me the building is spearing through the heart of the main cause of the Holocaust, Hitler. Hitler used this place and its surrounding buildings once a year to show the world how great he was. He would select the best looking Nazi’s that fit his ideal and show them off to the world. He also brought many important people to the rallies, gave many speeches, and there was also a movie filmed during one of them. They were basically big propaganda shows. Hitler wanted everything he built to be the biggest and the best in the entire world, which is why the main building is modeled after the coliseum, and could fit thousands of people. The building was planned to have an all glass roof, but many architects today, say that this would have been impossible the way he planned it.  Leaving the building you continue down a long road that faces toward Nuremberg, which was the road the Nazi’s marched down to reach the Zeppelintribune, and the sports ground. We visited the Zeppelintribune, which Is where   Hitler gave speeches to the masses of Nazi’s gathered at these rallies. You’ve probably seen the pictures of Hitler giving these speeches to the thousands of lined up Nazi’s. We climbed up all the steps, and I actually stood in the place where he gave such speeches.