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June 26th 2008
Our last Europe installment took us back to Nurnberg to view the Eurocup quarter finals (Germany vs. Turkey) back with our friends. We spent a great evening watching the game in a pub in a small town near Nurnberg where Joachim's boyfriend, Stephane, went to dental school and lived. Once again the excitement in the air was extreme, since Germany was playing Turkey, and Germany has a high Turkish population, there were high tensions. Whoever won this game would play Spain in the finals on Sunday for the championship. Germany won... and the streets went wild. An impromptu parade broke out in the streets. Cars blowing their horns and German flags being waved everywhere. It was a blast. After the show its the after party... On Saturday, we took off to Wortzberg in search of a ... read more
June 17th 2008
Deutschland! The train to Germany was quick and pleasant. We arrived in Nurnberg and was greated by Marcs friend from CSULA-exchange student, Joachim... trouble! We enjoyed a delicious German dinner prepared by his boyfriend, Stephane. A meal including sourkraut, sausage, and heffenweisen. We took a walking audio tour of Nurnberg, and learned about the castles, Nazis, churches, and the city wall. On top of the castle we got a great view of the city. While in the giftshop, while taking a picture of Jon wearing an awesome hat, Marc left his camera there and it was lost for a while, and our life temporarily was over. Luckily, its back. We also ventured out to Wortzberg, driving on the Autobahn at about 220 km/h (136 mph). Weeeeeeeee. There we met up with Wolfgang, also from CSULA, and ... read more
Nazi parade grounds not as you would expect
Published: June 11th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg
June 9th 2008
Caught the train up from Regensburg, checked into the hostel and went out to the old Nazi party parade grounds. The museum there was pretty good, detailed how important the whole yearly rally was to the party and turning Hitler into a kind of demi-god. The grounds were a different story. There had been a rock festival there over the weekend (Metallica, Rage Against the Machine, amongst many others) so there was rubbish everywhere... tents, food, bottles, cans, bongs, BBQs, marquees, mattresses, condoms, pots and pans.... and homeless looking people all searching through it like Christmas had come early. Spent the rest of the arvo wandering around the old part of the city. You can see it has been rebuilt and feels a little like an amusement park but still is nice. Did a tour through ... read more
Do countries forget or choose not to remember?
Published: May 20th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg
May 20th 2008
5/20/08 Today we were watching a film about Nuremberg. It said that none of the people tried pled guilty. That is false, because Speer did. Is Nuremberg trying to look better to its visitors who are not studying history? It was only off by a little, but sometimes those little falsehoods can lead to something bigger. I do not assume that riots are going to break out because someone actually did give an admission of guilt, but there is still something to be said there. Similarly, the video at Dachau said that the residents of the town had no idea what had been happening and rushed to help bury the bodies. How could the residents of Dachau not known what was going on.? People must have known! The smell of burning flesh, the screams, the huge ... read more
In the City of International Human Rights or at least working for that title
Published: May 19th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » NurembergMay 19th 2008
5/19/08 I loved going to the court where the Nazi party leaders were charged! That was really an amazing experience. I want to talk facts about it for a little first. So, if you were the allied forces trying to think where the best place to charge those involved with some of the most heinous war crimes of the 20th century, what would be a place that would probably come to mind first? Most would probably say Berlin or Munich I would think. Nuremberg was chosen for a few reasons. First, they have a prison on the campus that is accessible through a series of tunnels under the court house, with an elevator connecting the tunnels to the court room. This way, prisoners would not be out in open areas. Plus, it is not in a ... read more
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Really, all Nuremberg is known for are trials and rallys.
Published: May 18th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » NurembergMay 18th 2008
5/18/08 We arrived in Nuremberg today. While it was sad to say goodbye to Munich, it is nice to see a new city. We stopped at the documentation center where there was an interesting museum. A few things really stuck out. First was the art that the children did that was anti Jew. It is so incredible that this idea of Jewish inferiority reached every corner of society! Children will believe anything, and with this bombardment of messages that the Jews are a race to hate and they are the reason for your problems, it was inevitable that the children would pick up on that. Plus, the Hitler youth was comparable in many peoples’ eyes to the Boy Scouts of America: everyone was a part of it. It was seen as something that would make your ... read more
March 29th 2008
Gutentag von Nurnberg Day three in Nurnberg saw us having breakfast with Martin and Gisela and being exposed to some very strange names for food as we know it back home. What we call croissants at home are called ‘bambergers’. Bambergers are pronounced ‘bumburgers’ which of course I found, with my warped sense of humour, to be very amusing. Bumburgers and red currant jam for brekkie was a big hit. Martin and Gisela very kindly chose to take us into the old part of the city of Nurnberg to show us around and help us learn about where they live. Very briefly, Nurnberg is a medieval city, which started being built about 1050 and is what we would call, a walled city. The city walls would have to be about 40 metres thick and about the ... read more
March 27th 2008
Good bye Prague, hello Nuremberg Well the day finally came where we had to say goodbye to Prague and head off for some new adventures. Tuesday morning was spent getting the bags packed up and getting organised to head to the train station. It was a pretty cold, wet and miserable morning so if we had to pick a day to leave this incredibly beautiful city, this was a good one to do it. Our very friendly hotel staff advised us to buy some food before we got on the train as it was suggested that prices and the environment of the railway station were to be avoided if possible. Like most central train stations, it has its fair share of street people and pickpockets but evidently the Romanian gypsies can be a problem at times. ... read more
Nürnberg - WWII Historical Sights
Published: February 11th 2008Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Nuremberg
February 9th 2008
Last time we were in Nürnberg we loved the city but were unable to spend time at WWII sights...so we went back today!! We went to the Dokumentationszentrum (Documentation Center) and the famous Courtroom 600 from the Nuremberg Trials. We were also inspired to go to the Nürnberg Tiergarten (zoo) after our history lesson! We arrived at the Kongresshalle and were amazed by the size of the building. Hitler had wanted to outdo Rome's Colosseum - and what he created was massive!! The structure itself was never completed (along with some of the others he planned for his rally grounds). One of the pictures shows the archetects' intent: a roof with no support beams over the interior court, which could hold up to 50,000 people. It is the largest remaining monumental National Socialist building in Germany. ... read more
