The fate of the Nuremberg buildings, which come with the Zeppelin grandstand from which Hitler gave speeches to supporters and the vast unfinished conference room, raises long-standing questions in Germany about how to maintain physical memories of beyond crime without diverting them. neo-Nazis.
Some, like Hitler’s bunker in Berlin, were demolished for this reason.
But the city of Nuremberg made the decision that the preservation of buildings would be a way to demystify the Nazi regime without leaving behind the city’s dark past.
“It’s up to us to make the stones speak,” Julia Lehner, Nuremberg’s head of culture, told AFP.
“This means explaining the story behind them, being transparent and insisting on it” never again!”In this story and, in spite of everything, advise other people by giving them all the information. “
The paintings will last until 2025 and have been supported by the leaders of the city’s Jewish community.