During my 2007 Germany trip, I spent three nights in Nurnberg. One of my stops was at the Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelande, the Documentation Center/Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The Nazis held several party rallies in Nurnberg in the years before the war, as Hitler attempted to connect his party with Germany's historic traditions at Nurnberg.

Hitler and his architects planned a number of massive buildings, parade grounds and other monuments at a spot on the southeast side of Nurnberg. Many of the buildings were ... (more)