Vacation in Germany 2012. Broke my heart in a gun shop !!

[The Bolt Action]

I spent my 2012 summer vacation in Germany and Austria. We diden't want to see too much war time relic and monument but there is so much left of the third reich period that we dident have much of a choice.....we have to stop by a couple of historic place.
I am not agree with any ideologies of the Third reich but i taught it was to important and significant historicly to just pass by.


This is the Congresshalles built in Nuremberg in the 30's. Never finished, it was built just next to the more famous Zepplin Field. The whole southern part of Nuremberg was seized by the Nazis to built more and more buildings and fields for their week long rally's.

The famous Zepplin field and wath left of the surounding stadium.

This is wath left of the stand for the German high command in front of the Grosse Strasse, a kind of huge street use for military parades.

A gun shop in Rothenburg. My heart just broke in there. Sorry for the crapy pics, the owner of the shop quickly ask me to not take pictures. There was a beautiful 1937 portugese contract K98 in there. All matching and very expensive. Many many others K98 and Gew43.

This is me, my boy and the view at the Eagle nest in Berchestgaden.

Finaly, Dachau

Hope someone like this thread.

 

[tadam05]

Thanks for the pics, we are headed to Germany next summer. I wonder what it would take to import some of them K98's or a K43 to Canada? The wife would kill me if I even tried!

 

[Recce21]

Aaahhhh Berchtesgaden, my happy place. I want to move or retire there.

Best beer I ever had ever is there at the Hofbrauhaus, Josef the owner is a stand up guy.

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Aaahhhh Berchtesgaden, my happy place. I want to move or retire there.

Best beer I ever had ever is there at the Hofbrauhaus, Josef the owner is a stand up guy.

I thought they blew all those places up, after the war ?

Grizz

 

[Lock_Time]

Wow... thanks for the pictures, quite powerful and somehow different from when you see those locations on TV.

Most of the purely military structures like the bunkers and flaktowers were demolished (or partially demolished), and many other Nazi buildings were taken down too especially on the Soviet side of the country, such as the Chancellery building. A lot of other places like the ones above remain.

Personally I think these infamous places should remain standing forever, otherwise it is too easy to forget the past.

 

[destructo_d]

Cool pics... Thanks for sharing... While Nazi Germany wasn't the best of times, you are right... It is always important to rememeber the history... plus there was some great architecture from that time and place.

 

[desporterizer]

Nice pics! How much is very expensive?

 

[jbmauser]

Nice pics of some historical places. And look at all those mausers!! Not being able to buy them or bring them back would break my heart to.

Thanks for sharing!

 

[QM 8687]

Great visits, good bad and ugly. Life everywhere is the same. While political millionaire cronies sip tea over great vistas, average people are working away at the unattractive spots. And some are even wrongly put away.
Nice 98s by the way!

 

[Grizzly Guy]

great pictures,thanks for sharing.beautiful countryside for sure.

 

[cigar_man]

Great Pictures

Many memories there.

Aaahhhh Berchtesgaden, my happy place. I want to move or retire there.

Best beer I ever had ever is there at the Hofbrauhaus, Josef the owner is a stand up guy.

Yes Sir,
I have enjoyed my fare share their also, but don't forget the Weisswurst!

The view from the Berghof

and

 

[The Bolt Action]

Wow... thanks for the pictures, quite powerful and somehow different from when you see those locations on TV.

Most of the purely military structures like the bunkers and flaktowers were demolished (or partially demolished), and many other Nazi buildings were taken down too especially on the Soviet side of the country, such as the Chancellery building. A lot of other places like the ones above remain.

Personally I think these infamous places should remain standing forever, otherwise it is too easy to forget the past.

These building will stay there now Lock Time !
Since 1973, the Rally grounds building and fields in Nuremberg are protected and will be in from now on for future generation. A part of the Congreshalles was turned into a musem only dedicated to explain the Fatal attraction to Hitler , national socialisme and the whole frenzy surrounding the Rally's.

In 1973, a promoter decided to buy the rally grounds and buildings and turn them into more modern sports facility but the German gouvernement decided it was time to live with the past and not try to forget it completly anymore.
I don't think the building will be restored however. The restauration of the Zepplin field alone is estimated at 70 millions Euro's.

For the Eagles nest, the major of Berchestgaden in 1945 manage to convince the 101 airborne comandant to not blow it up. He said « ordinary poeples pay and worked to build this site, can ordinary poeples enjoy it in the future please?? »
He was right, more than 6000 poeples a day in average climb up there to see the place, the most visited monument in whole Germany.

 

[Joe549]

I thought they blew all those places up, after the war ?

Grizz

The entire area was heavily damaged during Allied bombing runs, Hitler's house took at least one direct hit. The Eagle's Nest was targetted as well, however it proved to be very hard to hit and never sustained any damage from the raids.

 

[stratosonic]

Thanks for posting. Some powerful images there. Some things should never be forgotten.

 

[mbonner]

I would imagine those K98s would be really expensive, after all there is a 21% sales tax
in Europe. Were they deactivated?
I would imagine Tradeex in Montreal would have anything in that gunshop

 

[Ioncannon]

They also probably had their markings peened.

 

[The Bolt Action]

I would imagine those K98s would be really expensive, after all there is a 21% sales tax
in Europe. Were they deactivated?
I would imagine Tradeex in Montreal would have anything in that gunshop

No sir, not deactivated at all. To give you an idea of the price range:

The Portugese contract 1937 all matching was at 1000 Euros
A Normal K98 matching was between 700-1200 euros according to the overall condition.

I see a real ZF39 sniper with a double trigger set ( no pics sorry ) at 4000 euros.

The prices where high but the quality and autheticity was even greater.

The owner of the Shop ( nice guy buy the way ) told me that the price and demand on the third reich firearm and relic like helmets and medals as just reach a climax in the last two years or so..........just like here in America

 

[The Bolt Action]

They also probably had their markings peened.

The ones in the widow of the shop or at the view of everyone have their marking peened.

When you go in the backstore.... this is an other story. I even see a complete Fallschirmjager kit.. Jump suit, chute, helmet, parade uniform, sword, hat, medals and personal photo album of that same guy. All this was not ""denazified"" and the price tag was somthing else...25000 euro's.

 

[Lock_Time]

700-1200 euros
4000 euros
...25000 euro's.

Wow, forget heart break, more like heart ATTACK!

But yes, to be able to bring back one of those (I'm sure) excellent Mausers sure would be something....

 

[polizeifritz]

Guys are making me homesick.