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The utterly gigantic Nazi Congress building, called the "People's Hall" or "Hall of Glory"
Modelled on the Colosseum, but much larger, this was to be used for the Nazi Congress meetings and was designed to hold 50,000 people. But the dome was never made and the building was never completed or used. The first stop our bus made in Nuremberg was at the site of the never-completed massive Nazi Congress building. Then we went to the Nazi Rally Grounds. We have found that Germans will speak about WWII and agree that it was Germany that started the war. I heard that since the 1960s, German children have been taught the history of the Nazi era.
Leaving the buildings of one form of authoritarianism and warmongering for another, we went on to the Nuremberg Castle, a heavily fortified residence and stopping place for German kings and Emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
Finally we found the pillars erected in tribute to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
I remembered lines from a song our primary school music teacher taught us:
"Remember night is darkest just before the dawn,
Have faith, United Nations, a new day is dawning right now."
That was in the 1950s.
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Michelle & Kevin Cavanagh
Nuremberg trials and Human Rights Declaration
Lucky you visiting Nuremberg so soon after we read and discussed Phillipe Sands' "East West Street". That must have added to your appreciation of the what there was to see in the town.