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I visited the Nazi Congress Hall (Kongresshalle) in Nürnberg (Nuremberg) in Germany. The building was intended as a congress center for promoting the German Nazi party. It is a huge facility and is modeled on the Rome Colosseum, but on a much larger scale. It was meant to have a self-supporting roof, and would have provided seating for up to 50,000 people. Following World War 2, construction of the building was abandoned and it has been left by the city of Nürnburg as a reminder of the dangers of national socialism.

Standing inside the Colosseum area is a creepy feeling. Had history taken a different path, this building may have been one of the most prominent political buildings in the world. As it stands today, it is a rather pathetic reminder of a sad piece of history.

I stayed in a nice little hostel in Nürnberg (Nuremburg) called the “Five Reasons”. It was cheap and very nice. It is situated right beside the Nürnberg city wall, a relic going back to the 12th and 16th centuries. About 4 km of the original 5 km wall is still standing. The moat surrounding the wall was never filled with water and is now a nice walking path.

I did a flying visit of Stuttgart whilst enroute to Tübingen in Germany. I didn’t stay long, but had time to do a quick tour around the city center and took the following snaps on my way through.

Deep beneath this rather boring looking car park is the location where Adolf Hitler married his wife, then promptly blew his brains out with a pistol on the 30th April 1945. He was then dragged up to ground level, doused with fuel and set on fire inside an impact hole from Soviet artillery shelling. I farted a little, then moved on.

This was going to be a series of posts regarding my visit to the Dachau concentration camp near München in Germany. But when I began writing it, I realised I simply don’t have enough knowledge of the history and events which occurred in this very sad location in world history. So all I’m going to do is post a dump of photos I took during my visit, and suggest that if you are interested in the camp, then do some research and look into the reports on what occurred here during World War 2.