28 April 2022

Brutality and Brutalism in Nuremberg (486 km)

(2022-04-27/28) Nuremberg, the first stop on my journey to the "New Iron Curtain". No, it was never gone, but many people, including me, had forgotten about it. With his war of aggression on Ukraine Putin and his minions have suddenly brought it into our consciousness.



Another war of aggression was the subject of the International Military Tribunal's verdict against the main war criminals on October 1, 1946. Andreas Günther and the famous CZERNOWITZ writer Gregor von Rezzori reported live for the radio at the time:

The Reich Party Rally Grounds have survived the megalomania of the Nazis to this day. As a backdrop for a funfair or as a background to a picturesque lake, it no longer has anything threatening about it, it is rather an outstanding photo scene.






Nor is it listed as "Brutalist Architecture," while the union building in downtown Nuremberg is well recorded by #SOSBRUTALISM:

No, the renovated „Gewerkschaftshaus“ has nothing to do with brutality, even more, it is located on the neighboring Way of Human Rights:








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