Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg, Germany (2024)
Covering roughly 16 square kilometers – more than six square miles – the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg are the Federal Republic of Germany's largest surviving assemblage of National Socialist government and party architecture.
This is where the Nazi Party Rallies were held from 1933 to 1938. During World War II, the site was a place of multifaceted violence against Jews, forced laborers and prisoners of war.
The Zeppelinfeld (in English: Zeppelin Field) consists of a large grandstand (Zeppelinhaupttribüne) with a width of 360 meters (390 yards) and a smaller stand. It was one of Albert Speer's first works for the Nazi party and was based upon the Pergamon Altar. Its square piers are inspired by the work of Franco-American architect Paul Philippe Cret. The grandstand is famous as the building that had the swastika blown from atop it in 1945, after Germany's fall in World War II. The name "Zeppelinfeld" or "Zeppelinwiese" refers to the fact that in August 1909 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin landed with one of his airships (LZ6) in this location.
This is the Tribute Stand where Hitler gave his speeches.
(Sources: Nuremberg Documentation Center, Wikipedia)
Nazi Party Rally Grounds, Nuremberg, Germany (2024)
Covering roughly 16 square kilometers – more than six square miles – the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg are the Federal Republic of Germany's largest surviving assemblage of National Socialist government and party architecture.
This is where the Nazi Party Rallies were held from 1933 to 1938. During World War II, the site was a place of multifaceted violence against Jews, forced laborers and prisoners of war.
The Zeppelinfeld (in English: Zeppelin Field) consists of a large grandstand (Zeppelinhaupttribüne) with a width of 360 meters (390 yards) and a smaller stand. It was one of Albert Speer's first works for the Nazi party and was based upon the Pergamon Altar. Its square piers are inspired by the work of Franco-American architect Paul Philippe Cret. The grandstand is famous as the building that had the swastika blown from atop it in 1945, after Germany's fall in World War II. The name "Zeppelinfeld" or "Zeppelinwiese" refers to the fact that in August 1909 Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin landed with one of his airships (LZ6) in this location.
This is the Tribute Stand where Hitler gave his speeches.
(Sources: Nuremberg Documentation Center, Wikipedia)