SCHLESW.-HOLSTEIN

Rathaus
Location: Rathausmarkt
Today: still there
Hitler visited Hamburg 33 times. For instance on 8 september 1931 and at the end of September/the beginnning of October 1931, just a short while after the funeral of Geli Raubal. In 1934 Hitlers first official visit as Reichskanzler took place. Large crowds gathered to see the Führer. The speach Hitler held on august 17, 1934 can be found on http://www.nationalsozialismus.de, along with lots of speaches and other material from the national socialist period in Germany. In March 1936, when Hitler was in the city again, the crowds were present hours before the arrival of Hitler.
Hitler was also in Hamburg in August 1938, for the occasion of the state visit of Horthy, the regent of Hungary. There is a documentary (can be found on the internet) showing the arrival of Hitlers Sonderzug in Hamburg for this event.
Hitler and Horthy visited the Rathaus.

Hamburgische Staatsoper
Location: Große Theaterstraße 25
Today: the old theatre burnt down in 1943, a new one was built on the same spot in 1955
Hitler was at the Staatsoper in 1935, after the Hamburger Stadttheater was renamed to the Hamburgische Staatsoper. In the night of August 3, 1943 the theatre burnt down, because of allied bombing. Only the stage was saved. Gerhard Weber built a new Zuschauerhaus. It was ready in 1955.

Blohm & Voss Werft
Kraft durch Freude-Kreuzschiffes Wilhelm Gustloff
Location: Am Elbtunnel/Reiherdamm
Today: the warf is still there
In May 1937 Hitler was at the christening of the first Kraft durch Freude-Kreuzschiffes Wilhelm Gustloff. The very famous ship The Bismarck was also made on this shipyard. An armored steel plate in it’s remembrance is on the warf grounds. The Bismarck ran of slipway number 9.

Railway Station Hamburg
Location: between Kirchenallee and Steintorwall
Today: the station was damaged during the war; it is renovated and enlarged
On August 22, 1938 Hitler received admiral Milklos Horthy, regent of Hungary, in Kiel. At the end of their cruise on the Nortsea they went to Hamburg, where they toured through the city and lunched at town hall. Hitler saw Horthy off at the railway station. Both of them went to Berlin.

Hotel Atlantik
Location: An der Alster 72-79
Today: still there
On Febuari 28, 1926 Hitler spoke to the Hamburger Nationalklub, a club of lawyers, bussinessmen and high officials, in Hotel Atlantik.

Marinesportschule/ Stabsgebäude marineschule Mürwik
Location: Fördestrasse (formerly called Twedter Holz), near a busstop
Today: still there
After Hitler’s suicide Flensburg was the capital of Germany for three weeks. Dönitz became Hitler’s successor. He tried to lead the country with men like Wilhelm Keitel, Alfred Jodl and Albert Speer (Himmler and Rosenberg were dismissed). On May 23, 1945 the Flensburg government, that housed in the Stabsgebäude of the Marineschule Mürwik, was arrested. A ship called Patria was used as sleeping-quarters. The ship layed directly opposite to the Swinemünder Strasse (that was then called the Park Strasse). (Thanks to a very helpfull friend from Scandinavia for the pictures and the information.)

Bad Schwartau
Location: not known
Lübeck was still a free city when city officials refused Hitler to speak during an election campaign. An internet source says this must have been in 1937. Could that be right? Hitler went to Bad Schwartau instead. In 1937 Lübeck’s independence ended, when Hitler (who obviously disliked the city) made the free city part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. Hitler always referred to Lübeck as "the small city close to Bad Schwartau".

Airport Lübeck-Travemünde
Location: not found
On November 6, 1933 Hitler held a speech in Kiel. Hitler flew over Germany to give speeches, altough only the NSDAP took part on the elections of November 12. To get to Kiel his plane would land at Marienburg, but because of bad weatherconditions and because the kompas of the plain broke down, they had to do a forced landing at the aiport of Lübeck-Travemünde. The story goes that Hitler himself identified the city of Wismar, near Travemünde, so the pilot knew where to land.

Krupp Germania Werft
Location: Gaardener Ring, near the Werftstrasse
Today: The Krupp Germania Werft was demolished after the war; on the spot where the Germania Werft was, is a new Hafenbecken today.
On August 22, 1938 Hitler received admiral Milklos Horthy, regent of Hungary, in Kiel. There was a banquet and they went to see the christening ceremony of the ship Prinz Eugen. After Hitler showed Horthy the Germania Yard, they got on board of the control vessel Grille. On the next day they went over on the ship Patria. They sailed through the Wilhelm Canal to Helgoland. There they inspected the new fortifications and the famous aquarium. After that they cruised to Hamburg, where they toured through the city and lunched at town hall. Hitler saw Horthy off at the railway station. Both of them went to Berlin. Hitler made sure he was in Berlin a few minutes before Horthy, so he could welcome them to Berlin. On the 25th of August there was a military parade in Horthy’s honour in Berlin.

Right: In the back of the picture you can see Motorboot 1 (1940)

Hitler used the Grille on different occasions. It was planned to use it for the invasion of England. Hitler would arrive in London port on the yacht. There he would go on the Motorboot 1 (now called Grillet) to Winsor Castle... On May 30, 1936 Hitler and Blomberg used the Grille to cruise to Reykjavik. In 1942 Hitler and Mussolini were on the yacht in the Baltic, after the launch of battleship Führer. Dönitz announced the death of Hitler on the Grille and became the leader of Germany for short a while. After the war the Grille was sold several times. In April 1951 it was towed to a yard in Delaware river to be broken up. Motorboot 1 still exists.

Der Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal (or Nordostseekanal)
Location: between Holtenau (near Kiel) and Brunsbüttelkoog
Today: still in use
In 1887 the Germans began with making a canal through the North of Germany, from Holtenau to Brunsbüttelkoog: the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal. In 1895 the canal was ready. When Hitler and Horthy went to see Helgoland they sailed through the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Kanal.

Kiel Harbour, May 23, 1933
Exact location: not known
On May 23, 1933 Hitler visits Kiel Harbour to see the fleet. The ships Deutschland, Karlsruhe, Königsberg, Schlesien, Hessen, Schleswig-Holstein and Leipzig are there. He goes on board of the Leipzig together with SS and government officials like General von Blomberg, Admiral Raeder, Göring and von Papen.

Shipyard Deutsche Werke
Location: Werftstrasse, dry dock 7/8, near building of HDW management on the Werftstrasse
Today: still a shipyard
On December 8, 1936 Hitler attended the christening of the Schlachtschiff Gneisenau. On the 8th of Decmber 1938 Hitler was at the warf for the christening of the aircraft carrier Graf Zeppelin. The Graf Zeppelin was never completed. After the war the Soviets repared the damaged ship, but they only used it as a practice target. It was found back 55 km. North of Wladyslawowo (Poland) in 2006.
Hitler was in Kiel several times, for instance in 1935, visiting a U-boat, but where this event took place, we haven’t found out yet.

Helgoland (Bunkers and aquarium)
Location: Helgoland is an island in the Northsea, North of Wilhelmshaven, Northeast of Hamburg, remains of the bunkers are all over the island, the aquarium is stiil there, on the Kurpromenade
Today: after the English blew up half the Island, today people live on the island again and almost 500.000 tourists visit the Island every year. The aquarium still exists.
On August 23, 1938 Hitler and admiral Milklos Horthy, regent of Hungary were at the isle of Helgoland. There they inspected the new fortifications and the famous aquarium.
After the war the English tried to blow up the bunkersystem. It is said with the heaviest not nucleair explosion in history. No one lived on the island for years. In 1952 the people came back to the island. Today parts of the remains of the bunkers can be visited. They are part of a museum.

Pictures of Hitler at the North Sea coast
Exact Location: unknown, not even sure if the pictures were taken in Schleswig-Holstein
Pictures in one of Hoffmann’s propagnada books show Hitler at the North Sea coast.

Friedrichsruh Castle
Location: Am Museum
Today: still there
Hitler visited the mausoleum of Bismarck in the castle Friedrichsruh on Februari 14, 1939. He arrived by train on
the station (Bahnhofstrasse).