Ocean spray and rainbow
Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds
Home of a permanent exhibit on the history of the Nazi movement in Germany. Originally it was to be the “Congress Hall” for the Nazi rally grounds, but it was never completed:
It was consciously modeled on the Roman Colosseum. Here is a view of the unfinished interior:
Like a number of Nazi constructions, it was done very hastily. Note the random mixture of bricks:
The Nazis took over Germany in what seems like an inexplicably short time. The party started around 1920; in 1933 Hitler was named Chancellor by von Hindenberg, and in within a few years Germany was a totalitarian state bent on world conquest.
Castle on the Rhine River
One of the few rays of sun the entire day…
Alley
Monastery
Emperor So and So
Fishermen on the Mekong
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Shoes Memorial
The “Shoes on the Danube” memorial — remembrance of the Hungarian Jews killed by right wing fascists in 1944-45.
Autumn Leaves
