The Traveling White Picket Fence: Nurnberg, Germany

Today is the visit to the Nazi party fairgrounds in Nurnberg, Germany. We attempted the museum, but neither of our children were interested in learning some history. Greg said he needed 30 more minutes to really understand what he was looking at, and I have absolutely no idea what I saw. I saw some pictures of people marching, about 3 seconds of a video about something having to do with the Nazi party, and another 3 seconds of some video of ladies sitting at a table. The rest of my time at the museum consisted of pulling Brady off a map under a video screen, chasing Juliette out from behind exhibits, and getting her head unstuck from the same small space she tried to walk through 5 times (she’s a slow learner, and in my defense, I moved her farther and farther away each time but she kept running back to it).

So because I cannot tell you firsthand about the Nazi fairgrounds, I’ll tell you what my brochure says…

“The National Socialists first held Party Rallies in Nuremberg already in 1927 and 1929. From 1933 to 1939 they systematically extended the grounds around Dutzendteich lake for their annual Party Rallies. The area served as a location for the National Socialist cult, for the demonstration of power and the mobilization of the masses.”

After what we called a trip to the museum, we walked around the grounds outside. The changing leaves were truly beautiful. While Greg and I were talking about the enormity of the place and the extravagance in contrast to what Hitler put people through in the ghetto’s and concentration camps, Brady was on a nature walk. He collected all kinds of leaves and dirt- for making mud. He found a stick that became his “horn” proceeding to make a trumpet sound while holding it up to his lips and another stick that was his “pogo stick” jumping up and down while holding the stick. Oh to be completely unaware of the world around you!

Our day in Nurnberg was completed with a lunch at a stand selling sausage and schnitzel…two of our favorite things to eat in Germany! Now onto Prague, Czech Republic.