Nuremberg : Hitler's Hotel

Keith, great pics! love the aviator shades on your father!
thanks for sharing!!

 

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Very pleased today to find a book which had eluded me for a long time : 'The Nuremberg Party Rallies : 1923-1939' by Hamilton T Burden. Published in 1967, it is the only full-length book written in English about the Rallies and their importance to the Nazi Party.

And naturally, it includes pictures and information about Hitler's allegiance to the Hotel Deutscher Hof....

Copies of this sought-after boo kare usually very expensive, but mine cost just £10 in London's Charing Cross Road....

 

Sir as always above and beyond.

"Want to go into the historical hotel buisness go see Honest Martins used buildings"

As usual you have turned me green like a chamelion with envy. If your travels ever bring you to Oz I have to buy you a beer and pick your brains.
Cheers

 

Great photos. Hitler's eyes look a bit crazier than usual in that first post where he's standing in the window, or perhaps it's just me.

 

I'm actually surprised these places weren't destroyed , either becaus eof the war or because of the symbol they represented. I supposed any buiding that had not been destroyed in May 1945 was good enough. Nice pictures though.

Hey what happened to Staton? He apparently deleted his postings himself.

 

There is much of interest to be seen at Nuremberg. Over the years, there have been many attempts and ideas to completely eradicate buildings connected to the Nazi era.

But now, the City has decided to instead restore buildings at the Rally Grounds and have created an excellent museum/information centre as a warning of what totalitarianism can lead to.

 

A wise decision. If everytime that a dictator goes to a hotel it should be destroyed, there wouldn't be much left

 

can you post more pics

 

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Imagine sleeping in the same room hitler slept in...oh that's so creepy.

I wonder if that room was ever used again after the war?

 

It's not really possible to do so - the building was completely burnt out during the early 1945 bombing raids and was rebuilt post-war using the original building facade but a different interior layout......

 

I LOVE these types of photos! Thank you very much for posting them!

 

Here's one I took today. I tried to position the shot as closely as I could to a shot from Triumph Of The Will, as best as I can remember it anyway (I don't have the movie with me at the moment).

I've also attached a picture of Haupt Markt, as that features heavily in TOTW. Again, I tried to position myself to get the same shot, but I recognise that this was not possible, so I got as close as possible.

This e-mail sent from the hotel I'm staying at in Nuremberg!

I've seen the Kongress Hall, the Zeppelin Fields, the site of the Luitpold Field and Hall, Grosse Strasse, and hope to go to court 600 tomorrow, but I'm told it's closed at the moment for construction of visitor facilities and a viewing area due to increasing tourist visits. I'll see tomorrow.

One thing I didn't find (and didn't look TOO hard) was the power station for the Zeppelin Fields - I saw it on the brochure/map, but figured it would no longer exist or not be open to the public, but I read above that someone regretted not going to see it. Huh? Is it open? What's there? Should I take the time to go there tomorrow? Time's running out for me here - I leave tomorrow.

Any other WW2 stuff I should see here tomorrow? [I also visited the art bunker, where valuable artworks were stored in case of bombing, which of course happened!]

Another question: I remember a scene from TOTW where the camera is mounted on a vehicle and goes under two archways before coming out in a big square full of troops. I can't find these archways! Anyone know where they are?

To be of any help, I really need a prompt response guys. Sorry! :-(

Craig (newbie).

PS. This is my first post (only found you just now after a google search of "hitler's hotel in nuremberg" - I hope I followed all the rules and that you can see the 2 pictures I uploaded. I have loads more, of lots of other stuff here.

 

Well I decided to go and look for the power station anyway, and I'm glad I did. You won't believe what it is now. And look at the marks on the end of the building - you can clearly see the shape of what used to be there.

 

great pics martin..

 

Nice pics, thanks for sharing those..

 

According to Yahoo the Hotel Deutscher Hof is still open for business, see here:

Hotel Deutscher Hof, Nuremberg, Germany Photos - Yahoo! Travel

 

Well it's not. I was there last week. Closed. Shut. Geschlossen. Kaput.

 

Welcome to the Forum Craig, and many thanks for posting the views - which are very familiar to me !