A great website with pictures of German sites, both how they looked during the reign of the Third Reich and how they look now; www.thirdreichruins.com
I'm going to post some of these images, with comments from the website.
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The Zeppelintribüne grandstand at the Nazi Party Rally Grounds in Nürnberg, then and now. The U.S. Army blew up the large swastika on the top in 1945, and the columns on either side were removed in the 1960s.
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Nürnberg's importance to the Nazis naturally earned it the wrath of the Allied air forces. By the end of the war, some 90% of the old town was in ruins. Postwar rebuilding makes this similar view of the Museumsbrücke almost unrecognizable. The tower of the Burg (Castle) in the right distance is visible in the gap between the buildings.
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This view shows how Hitler had King Ludwig's Königsplatz [Munich] paved, with the Ehrentempeln erected on either side of the center. To either side of the Ehrentempeln were built Nazi Party buildings designed by architect Paul Ludwig Troost. Behind the Ehrentempel seen in the left of this view can be seen the Braune Haus. The modern view shows how grass was restored to most of the Königsplatz after the war; the Ehrentempel foundations still exist in the wooded areas on either side of the street in this photo.
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The main entrance to the Führerbau [Munich], then and now. The original attachment points for the eagle and swastika can still be plainly seen.
The period view shows the Führerbau, both Ehrentempeln, then the Verwaltungsbau. The modern photo from a similar perspective shows the right side of the Führerbau, the wooded area with the foundation remains of the Ehrentempeln, and the Verwaltungsbau.
Much more at www.thirdreichruins.com
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