Documentation center Nazi party rally grounds

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Documentation center Nazi party rally grounds
Logo Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds.jpg
Logo on the congress hall
Data
place Nuremberg coordinates: 49 ° 26 ′ 2 ″  N , 11 ° 6 ′ 46 ″  EWorld icon
Art
Exhibitions, lectures, workshops
architect Günther Domenig
opening November 4, 2001
Number of visitors (annually) 311,588 (2019)
operator
City of Nuremberg
management
Florian Dierl
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-915115
Entrance to the documentation center
The congress hall at the Dutzendteich. The entrance to the documentation center is on the left in the picture; the Nuremberg Volksfestplatz is directly adjacent to the building.
Map of the terrain
The walkway around the building is well preserved
The new architecture of the documentation center cuts through the congress hall diagonally from the entrance

The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds is a museum in Nuremberg . It belongs to the network of museums of the city of Nuremberg and is located in the north wing of the unfinished congress hall of the former Nazi party rally grounds, designed by the National Socialists . Various permanent exhibitions deal with the causes, connections and consequences of the National Socialist tyranny . Issues that are directly related to Nuremberg are given special consideration. A study forum is attached to the museum.

Emergence

In 1994 the city council of Nuremberg decided to set up the documentation center. It was opened on November 4, 2001 by the then Federal President Johannes Rau . The Austrian architect Günther Domenig won the international competition in 1998 with his proposal to pierce the northern end of the building diagonally with a walk-in “pole” made of glass and steel.

exhibition

The permanent exhibition Fascination and Violence deals with the causes, connections and consequences of National Socialism. Aspects that are clearly related to Nuremberg were highlighted. Nuremberg was the city ​​of the Nazi party rallies in the Third Reich and was often used for propaganda purposes. Among the issues with local relevance include the history of the Nazi Party Rallies , the buildings of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds , the Nuremberg Laws , the Nuremberg trial against the main leaders of the Nazi crimes in 1945/46 and his twelve subsequent trials as well as dealing with the Nazi architectural heritage since 1945. Through the exhibitions there is a portable audio guide that provides the visitor with explanatory texts in several languages.

Since May 2006, the exhibition in the documentation center has been supplemented by a bilingual information system with 23 steles in the historical area, which enable an individual tour of the former Nazi party rally grounds. In addition, the association Geschichte Für Alle e. V. Guided tours of the former Nazi party rally grounds.

Study forum

The adjoining study forum is located in the modern glass structure on the roof of the front building. An amalgamation of a total of seven educational institutions in Nuremberg enables a comprehensive and target group-oriented program under the direction of the museums of the city of Nuremberg . The offer ranges from 45-minute exhibition follow-up discussions to study days and is aimed at school classes, youth and adult groups. The content spectrum ranges from historical topics such as The Power of Images , Youth Between Adaptation and Resistance or The System of the Concentration Camps through tours of the terrain to human rights work or social learning.

The partners in the study forum are:

Awards

The Association of British Travel Writers voted the Documentation Center the world's best tourism project outside of Great Britain in 2002 . In 2001, the Nuremberg Region Innovation Prize was awarded to the partners in the study forum of the Documentation Center of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds.

literature

  • Franz Sonnenberger (ed.): The future of the past. The future of the past. How should the history of National Socialism be conveyed in museums and memorials in the 21st century . Verlag Nürnberger Presse, Nürnberg 2000, ISBN 3-9807488-0-4 (series of publications of the Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds , Volume 1).
  • Fascination and violence. Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds Nuremberg . museums of the city of nuremberg, nuremberg 2006 (exhibition catalog).

Web links

Commons : Nazi Party Rally Grounds  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Visitor numbers 2009 to 2019 of the museums of the city of Nuremberg on nuernberg.de; accessed January 22, 2020
  2. ↑ https://museen.nuernberg.de/dokuzentrum/kalender-details/gelaendebegehung-89/