Let the dust settle on it?

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I don't know whether it's a fine translation of "Gras ?ber eine Sache wachsen lassen" - "let the grass grow over it" would it be literal. These pictures result from a walk over the Nazi party rally grounds in Nuremberg on a partially hazy sunny october day.

The area was a recreation area before, during and after the Third Reich. There is still discussion about the right way to deal with the dark history of Germany. Nuremberg has a very active and open way to address these issues. The town doesn't eliminate the remainings nor are there too many efforts to preserve them with respect to reconstruction.

I think it's important to preserve these remainings to show how architecture was used to support the Nazi propaganda and there is also a documentation centre which shows the role in an excellent way.

For more infomation see http://www.nuernberg.de/tourismus/rundgaenge/reichsparteitagsgelaende_e/e_index.html

Udo Altmann 16-Oct-2005

Congress Hall

Luitpoldhain (Former Luitpold Arena)

Luitpoldhain (Former Luitpold Arena) (2)

Luitpoldhain Tribune (Former Luitpold Arena)

Not Romantic (Path on the Silberbuck)

Tribune along the Great Road

Tribune along the Great Road (2)

Tribune of the Zeppelinfeld

Tribunes of the Zeppelinfeld

Tribunes of the Zeppelinfeld (Backside)

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