6. Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Hitler is remembered to have made some of the most inflammatory speeches in the history of dictatorship. And the Nazi Party Rally Grounds, also Reich Party Congress Grounds was not just home to Nazi Party public meetings, but actually, the place where he made a considerable number of these speeches.
The grounds covered approximately 11 square kilometers, located in the southeast of Nuremberg, Germany. It hosted a total of six Nazi party rallies between 1933 and 1938. The entire Nazi Party Rally Grounds complex consisted of several structures. Some of these structures were built before the advent of the Nazi. Examples here include the Hall of Honour – built earlier to honor the soldiers from Nuremberg, who died in WWI- and the Luitpold Hall.
Today, the largest of these buildings that are also the best-kept is the Congress Hall. This was planned by Ludwig and Franz Ruff, both who were Nuremberg architects. The Congress Hall foundation stone was set in 1935, but the construction was never finished. Its project came to a stop after reaching a height of 39 meters, the intended height having been 70 meters. It was intended to serve as an assembly center for the NSDAP with a total of 50,000 seats and a self-supporting roof. But the Given its location in the Dutzendteich shore, this building marked the entrance to the rally grounds.