NIEDERSACHSEN

Rüstringer Schützenhof
Location: there’s a street called Am Schützenhof; near it is the Lindenstrasse, with on it’s corner a bunker called the Schützenhof bunker
Today: unknown (please contact us if you have information)
In 1929 Hitler held his first speech in Wilhelmshaven at the Schützenhof. Hess and Himmler were also in Wilhelmshaven at that time. Hitler visited Wilhelmshaven about 20 times. A lot of his visits had to do with the navy. Wilhelmshaven was an important navy harbor.

Strandhotel Horumersiel
Location: Deichstrasse 1 (?)
Today: still there
Between 1931 and 1936 Hitler was in Horumersiel in this hotel four times for a vacation.

Rathaus
Location: Rathausplatz 1
Today: still there
On April 1, 1939 Hitler also visited the Rathaus of Wilhelmshaven. Hitler held a speech in Wilhelmshaven at the same date.

Garnisonkirche
Location: Christus- und Garnisonkirche, Am Kirchplatz 1
Today: still there
In 1933 Hitler visits the city of Wilhelmshaven. He also visits the Garnisonkirche, a Marine Church. Thers’s a very famous picture of Hitler leaving the church. The cross of a fence behind him seems to hang above his head...

Marinemuseum / Shipyard
Location: Südstrand 125
Today: marinemuseum open; warf still in use, to visit is not possible
Parts of the battleship Tirpitz can be seen here. You should be able to look through the gate into the shipyard. The warf is not open for the public. On April 1, 1939 Hitler was at the launching of battleship Tirpitz. Together with the Bismarck the largest battleship the Germans had.

KdF ship Robert Ley
Location: unknown
After his visit toWilhelmshaven Hitler got on board of the KdF cruise ship Robert Ley. Robert Ley himself was at the ship too.

Dom
Location:Burgplatz/Domplatz
Today: still there
On Juli 17, 1935 Hitler was in Braunschweig again to look at the excavations inside the Dom, for research of the remains of Heinrich der Löwen. It was the last time Hitler was in Braunschweig.

SA-Feld
Location: West of the Nussberg, Franzsche Feld, on the grounds of the Bezirkssportanlage and the Integrierten Gesamtschule Franzsches Feld
Today:speakers platform still there
A week after the Harzburger Front (that took place on October 11, 1931) Hitler talked at a demonstration of 100.000 people in Braunschweig. In 1930-45 the field was known as Schauplatz nationalsozialistischer Machtentfaltung. To discern from den Kräften von gestern Hitler showed the strength of the SA with a march in Braunschweig on the 17th and 18th of october 1931. The land (not the city) of Braunschweig was responsable for making Hitler a German citizen.

Volkswagen-Werke
Location: East of highway 39, West of Berliner Brücke, North of Heinrich Nordhoff Strasse
Today: Wolfsburg is still the city of Volkswagen, the complex is still on the same location
On May 26, 1938 the Grundsteinlegung of the car factory took place with Hitler hitting a stone with a hammer three times. Hitler also held a speech. About 70.00 people (SS, SA, HJ) from all over the country were present. In the beginning of June 1939 Hitler visited the Volkswagen factory in Fallersleben (Wolfsburg).

Wolfsburg/Stadt des KdF-Wagens
The Stadt des KdF (Kracht durch Freude) Wagens was founded by the nazi’s. Already in 1933 Adolf Hitler wanted to built a carfactory near the castle Wolfsburg. A city for the workers would also be necessary. The city was called Stadt des Kdf-Wagens, but after the war the Americans named it Wolfsburg, after the castle Wolfsburg. With Wolf being Hitlers nickname, the name of the city still reveals the history . Most of the building plans for the city were not carried out, because of the war.
The Schloss Wolfsburg is near the Volkwagen complex on the Schlossstrasse.

Kaiser-Wilhelm-Park
Location: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Park, near former restaurant am Hainberg
Today: the park is still there
On Juli 21, 1932 Hitler is in Göttingen for an election campagne speech. This was his only visit to Göttingen.

Cloppenburger Markthalle
Location: unknown, probably on the Marktplatz
Today: ... (please contact us, if you know)
Hitler spoke in Cloppenburg two times, on the 14th of May, 1931 and on May 26, 1932.

Weserstadion
Location: Franz-Böhmert-Strasse 7
Today: The stadium that is here, dates from after world war 2
Hitler was in Bremen for the first time on Juli 30, 1930, for the election campagne of September 14, 1930. He spoke in the Weser Stadion. In 1909 the stadium was just a sporting field. The name Weserstadion dates from 1930. The first tribune with a roof was built in 1963. After that the stadium turned into what it is today. The soccer team SV Werder Bremen plays it’s games here.

Veranstaltungszentrum Casino
Location: not sure, but probably the casino on the Böttcherstrasse, old city centre
Today: still there
On November 28, 1930 Hitler was in Bremen again. He held a speech in a place called Casino.

AG Weser
Location: Ludwig Plate Strasse; Space park - Sternentor 1; Pier 2 - Gröpelinger Fährweg 6
Today: on the location of AG Weser is Space Park Bremen located and the Veranstaltungshalle Pier 2
On December 14, 1934 Hitler was in Bremen for the fourth time, for the first time as Reichskanzler. He attended a Stapellauf of the ship Scharnhorst on the warf of AG Weser. On May 4, 1935 Hitler was in Bremen again, on board of the Scharnhorst. It was his last visit to Bremen. A planned visit in 1939 never took place.
The Aktien-Gesellschaft Weser was a shipyard in Bremen that was founded in 1843 and was closed down in 1983. In both World Wars the warf built a lot of U-Booten. Klick here to find a German website about the AG Weser warf.

Thingplatz Bückeberg
Location: on the edge of the village Emmern , South of Hameln, on a field behind the Bückebergstrasse (don’t mistake the Bückeberg mountain for the town of Bückeburg in the same region)
Today: remains of the thingplatz are still there
The Bückeberg was a place were every year the NSDAP held a Harvest Festival. Therefore Albert Speer made a so called Thingplatz were the festivities could be held. The final plans for the site were not realised because Germany started the war, but from 1933 and 1937 the Harvest Festival took place in October. Hitler was there every year. (We found prove of the dates: 7 October 1933, 1 October 1934 and 3 October 1937; another source mentions the year 1935.) The festivities were stopped in September 1938, a few days before the festival, because the Sonderzugs that brought participants to the nearby station of Hameln were used to bring troups to the Czech border.
Look at www.gelderblom-hameln.de for more information.

Rennplatz Ohmstede
Location: near Rennplatzstrasse and Hochheider Weg, east of the Ohmstedter Friedhof and Kirche
Today: not much left that reminds of it
In May 1932 Hitler speeched at the Rennplatz. Over 35.000 people were present. In 1938 the horsetrack was turned into a camp for prisoners of the regime. Most of the prisoners were Baltic. The names Rigaerweg and Kurlandallee remind of that. On the cemetery nearby a lot of them were burried in a mass grave.

Pferdemarkt
Location: Pferdemarkt
Today: still there, some of the buildings must still be there
It is said that Hitler also spoke at the Pferdemarkt in 1932 and somewhere else in Oldenburg on May 10, 1931.

Ziegelhof
Location: Friedhofsweg (15)
Today: Fitness centre, only a house belonging to the Ziegelhof still stands, the hall itself is gone
In 1928 Hitler held his first speech in Oldenburg. After that there was a meeting of National Socialists in the Ziegelhof, a restaurant with a large hall, used for all kind of festivities. After the war the Ziegelhof was in a bad shape, because of allied bombing. It was rebuilt and for years it was used as a cinema. Nowadays there’s a fitness centre there. We’re not sure Hitler actually held his speech in the Ziegelhof and if he was present at the meeting.

Hoffmann picture somewhere in Hannover
Location: unknown
The picture below shows Hitler somewhere in Hannover. The picture was in a propaganda book of Heinrich Hoffmann.

House of Gruppenführer Lutze
Location: unknown
The picture below shows Hitler inside the house of Victor Lutze in Hannover. Where the house stood exactly, we don’t know.

Harzburger Front
Location: Bad Harzburg, exact locations protest march not known
On the 11th of October, 1931 several leaders of right wing party’s joined in protest to the Brüning administration. Hitler wasn’t very cooperative towards the leaders of the other party’s. He obviously wanted power to himself. He left the tribune that was built to watch parades directly after the SA had finished; he didn’t wait for the parades of other party’s.