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The Germanisches Nationalmuseum is a museum in Nuremberg, Germany. Founded in 1852, it houses a large collection of items relating to German culture and art extending from prehistoric times through to the present day. The museum is Germany's largest museum of cultural history.
Reichsparteitag 1934, Luitpoldarena, "Totenehrung" (honouring of dead): SS leader Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler and SA leader Viktor Lutze on the terrace in front of the "Ehrenhalle" (Hall of Honour); in the background: the crescent-shaped "Ehrentribüne" (literally: tribune of honour) First Party Congress in Nuremberg (1927) Mock-up of the Rally grounds in their planned finished shape at the ...
The events that are inseparably linked with Nuremberg ("city of the party rally" — Stadt der Reichsparteitage) and the National Socialist period were also explained: the activities of Julius Streicher, editor of the anti-Semitic rabble-rousing weekly Der Stürmer (The Storm Trooper), the history of the Nuremberg Rally, the proclamation of the ...
Local history: more pictures: Museum Tucher Mansion and Hirsvogel Hall: 1998: City of Nuremberg [46] Naturhistorisches Museum Nürnberg: Natural history: more pictures: Natural History Museum Nuremberg: 1884: Private [47] Neues Museum Nürnberg: Art and Design: more pictures: Museum for Contemporary Art: 2000: State of Bavaria [48] Nuremberg ...
Museum Tuscherschloss und Hirsvogelsaal (Museum Tucher Mansion and Hirsvogel Hall) Spielzeugmuseum Nürnberg (Nuremberg Toy Museum) Stadtmuseum Fembohaus (City Museum at Fembo House) Science and nature museums. DB-Museum (DB Railway Museum) Deutsches Museum Nürnberg (Future Museum) Museum Industriekultur (Museum of Industrial Culture)
The forerunner of the present-day DB Museum was opened in 1899 as a royal Bavarian railway museum and it is therefore the oldest railway museum in Germany. [2] Today it is a company museum belonging to the Deutsche Bahn and portrays, amongst other things, the history of the railways.
The building was chosen as the location of the Nuremberg trials (1945–1949) for the main surviving German war criminals of World War II because it was almost undamaged, was large enough, and included a large prison complex. [3] The choice of the city of Nuremberg was symbolic as the Nazi Party had held its large Nuremberg rallies in the city. [4]
As Germany was divided following World War II, West and East Germany ratified the convention separately, the former on 23 August 1976 [3] and the latter on 12 December 1988. With German reunification, East Germany was dissolved on 3 October 1990. [4] Germany has 54 sites on the list, with a further seven on the tentative list.