The Albino Squirrels

Monday, June 16, 2014

Day 20 - Nürnberg.


Graffiti on historical monuments is history in itself... isn't it?
"the effect was both solemn and beautiful, like being in a cathedral of ice"
There's not much I can joke about in the adventure had in Nürnberg, a city maybe an hour by train from Wurzburg. For those who don't know, Nürnberg is one of Nazi Germany's central locations to hold rallies and to perform other major acts of Nazi propaganda. This is the door of the Zeppelinfeld part of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. I seriously cannot do the history justice by talking about it in this little blurb of a blog I do. Look up the Cathedral of Light on Wikipedia or something. 130 searchlights surrounded a Christian style altar and created a giant holy ground for the Nazi leader to take advantage of. This is the door that led to the Zeppelinfeld's main tribune, much weathered in the way of time. It's amazing how a building like this stands even today, but even more for graffiti to show history's progression as well. It's extremely hard not to be respectful of such a place, not because I sympathize for the Nazi party, but because this is a place of history. As bad as everything was, it happened and should be a sign for any future human to learn from.

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