Dokumentationszentrum Reichsparteitagsgelände (Documentation Centre Party Rally Grounds)  

In 1933, the National Socialists decided that Nuremberg was to be the "City of the Party Rallies". They created a link between the Nazi movement and Nuremberg's glorious past as Free City of the Empire and venue for the imperial diets in the middle ages. This is why they staged the annual NSDAP party rallies here ever year in September, up until 1938. Designed by Albert Speer, in the city's southern districts, the "Party Rally Grounds" were erected as a huge parade ground on an area of 24.5 hectares. Zeppelin Field and Zeppelin Grandstand, the unfinished Congress Hall and a large excavation intended for the planned German Stadium are what remains in the city, as the monstrous stone legacy left behind by this regime of terror.

The Documentation Centre Party Rally Grounds, opened in 2001, is located in the north wing of the unfinished shell of the Congress Hall. On 1,300 square metres, the permanent exhibition "Fascination and Terror" deals with the causes, contexts and consequences of the National Socialist rule of terror. The focus of the 19 exhibition areas is on topics which relate directly to Nuremberg, arranged in chronological order. Topics include the history of the party rallies, the buildings on the Party Rally Grounds, the "Nuremberg Racial Laws" of 1935, the "Nuremberg Trial" of the main war criminals responsible for Nazi crimes in 1945 and the twelve follow-up trials, as well as the difficult process of dealing with the architectural legacy left behind after 1945.

In addition to the permanent exhibition, there is a Study Forum which is of central importance to the work of the Documentation Centre Party Rally Grounds. In special seminar rooms located on the roof of the Congress Hall, Nuremberg Municipal Museums in co-operation with several partners, offer an in-depth educational programme for school classes, youth groups and groups of adults. The programmes on offer range from 45 minutes of discussion after visiting the exhibition to full seminar days.

Since May 2006, an information system with 23 units has given on-the-spot information about the historical grounds, making individual tours of the former Party Rally Grounds possible. It constitutes an important supplement to the exhibition in the Documentation Centre.