[acindrich]

I was just in Nurnberg (sp?) two weeks ago. It was chilling to see Hitler in Markt Platz and to recognize it today. I saw a picture while there in a museum of Hitler and recognized a fountain in the background that now is steps away from the McDonalds I had lunch at that afternoon. It was chilling to think he saw the same sky above him I saw. And we went to the Zepplin field. That too was stunning to see in real life and to re-see it in those pictures but in its historical context. Today the Zepplin field is the starting grid for a racetrack, that was a bit odd to me. The museum there in his unfinished "conference center" is absolutely fascinating. It describes the conditions in Germany at the time of his rise and how he was attracted to Nurnberg and how Nurnberg was attracted to him. I've seen 4 concentration camps and have seen the Jewish side of existance and death from Nazi Germany. My visit to Nurnberg was an astounding look at the German side of it. It really is tragic to think of what one people did to another. I go to these places to "feel" the history that is there and to learn from it. If you ever get the chance go and see some of these things. See the D-day beaches and Pont du Hoc in Normandy, see Buckenwald or Mathausen or Dachau, See the remains of the Berlin wall. That stuff changes you.