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The Documentation Center Nazi Party Rallying Grounds (. It is in the north wing of the unfinished remains of the Congress Hall Of The Former Nazi Party Rallies . Its permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" is concerned with the causes, coherence, and consequences of the National Socialist Era . Topics that have a direct reference to Nuremberg are especially taken into account. Connected to the museum is an education forum. ARCHITECTURE In 1994 the city council of Nuremberg decided to establish the Documentation Center. The Austrian architect in Triumph Of The Will . Domenig, the son of a Nazi judge, confronted his own personal history in addition to the history and Nazi Architecture of the project's site.Steven Erlanger, ''Nuremberg Journal; The Architect Who Speared His Own Nazi Demon.'' New York Times, November 8, 2001. On November 4 , 2001 the project was unveiled by Johannes Rau , then the President Of Germany . EXHIBITION The permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" (''„Faszination und Gewalt“'') studies the causes, coherence, and consequences of National Socialism. Aspects that have a clear reference to Nuremberg, are accentuated because Nuremberg was regarded as the "city of the party rally" (''„Stadt der Reichsparteitage“'') under the Third Reich, and was used many times for propaganda purposes. Among the topics with local reference are the history of the Nuremberg Rally , the Nuremberg Laws , the Nuremberg Trials against the chief executives of the Nazi was criminals from 1945 to 46 and the twelve successive trials, as well as the buildings of the Nazi Party Rally Grounds and the contact with Nazi Architecture after 1945. A wearable "Audioguide" leads visitors through the exhibition, in different languages like German, French, English, and so on. EDUCATION FORUM The attached education forum is in the glazed cube on the roof of the congress hall. A union of seven Nuremberg educational institutions under the management of the ''museen der stadt nürnberg'' makes possible an extensive and target group oriented program. The offer extends from 45 minute exhibition tours to several day seminars aimed at school classes for both youth and adult groups. The content includes such topics as "the power of images", "youth between adaptation and resistance", and "the system of concentration camps." The partners of the education center are:
AWARDS In 2001, the Innovation-prize of the Nuremberg region was awarded to the partners of the Documentation Center in the education forum. In 2002, the British Guild of Travel Writers awarded the Documentation Center with an award for best tourism project outside Great Britain, that benefits the local community in addition.Citation from the British Guild of Travel Writers Tourism Awards 2002. http://www.bgtw.org/currentawards2.asp?awardsID=11 Accessed 30 April 2007. In 2004, Günther Domenig was honored by the 9th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale in their section "Transformations." The citation remarked on the opposition of the geometry between the project by Domenig versus the existing structure, and the resulting creation of a profound memorial.Citation from the Venice Biennale 9th International Architecture Exhibition, http://biennale.tiscali.it/en/architecture/awards/ accessed 30 April 2007. INFORMATION SYSTEM Since May 2006, the exhibition in the Documentation Center has been supplemented by an information system with 23 Stele in the grounds, that make possible an individual tour of the former Nazi Party Rallying Grounds. REFERENCES LITERATURE
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