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| Gun emplacement and bunker. |
A really interesting day today, a visit to a park that once housed the "Thingplatz" an ampthitheatre that seated 15,000 people and was built by the National Socialists in 1935 for rallies. There is also a platform for addressing troups and a bunker with an anti-aircraft gun emplacement on the top, looking out over the city. It is so interesting to touch recent history, Hitler visited Braunschweig on several occasions and addressed a rally from here. Nothing now remains of the huge ampthitheatre except a staircase that leads down to the bunker and dais.
Wikipedia "Nussberg" has further reading about this place, or click on the links below for more information. The park itself is lovely and very popular with dog walkers, weekend strollers and sunbathers. It has a huge monument to Prince Albrecht of Prussia who established the park in 1850.
I saw so much today, it is difficult to know where to start, but it is better to read online all the information. The day was hot, I am tired and I will return tomorrow to finish this story. I must make another cuppa.
http://www.hitlerpages.com/pagina54a.html
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thingbewegung
http://www.vernetztes-gedaechtnis.de/franz.htm
http://www.vernetztes-gedaechtnis.de/nussberg.htm
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| Janet and Guenter at the platform for addressing Nazi rallies. |
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| The bunker in the ampthitheatre. |
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| Platform in Franzches Feld for addressing Nazi rallies. |
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