Our walk around the lake and along the Great Street led us to the Zeppelin Field and its main grandstand. These were the only planned structures that were actually completed. It’s larger than 12 soccer fields and had a capacity of up to 200,000 people. This is where mass parades of the German Labor Service, the Wehrmacht, and the “political leaders” (Nazi Party officials) were staged in front of the “Führer.”
Here’s how it looks from outside the field:
This place gave me a very somber feeling. There have been so many emotions here.
If you look at this wikipedia article and the part about this field, there is a short Film of the swastika on the grandstand being destroyed by the American allies on April 22, 1945. The first time I watched it (in the Documentation Center) I cheered out loud.
The “Cathedral of Light” provided spectacular effects when over 150 powerful searchlights projected their beams straight up into the sky.
The place where Hitler stood to address his minions:
Here is an excellent website with photographs like these taken here during the rallies.
The walk back:
From here we took the U-Bahn to the place where the Nuremberg Trials were held.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 