HESSEN

Reichsautobahn Frankfurt - Darmstadt
Location: exact locations unknown
Today: the Reichsautobahn is still there
It is often said that the plans for the highways in Germany were Hitlers, while in fact a lot of plans were already made before he came to power. Adolf Hitler put a spade in the ground at the groundbreaking ceremony of the first section of the autobahn from Frankfurt am Main to Darmstadt on September 23, 1933 in Frankfurt.
On May 19, 1935 Hitler opened this new part of the highway in an open car.

Speech Adolf Hitler
Location: unknown
In 1932 the first nazi mass-gathering took place in the region. About 13.000 people listened to Hitler speaking in Limburg an der Lahn, on occasion of Reichstag elections.

Hitler visits his soldiers
Location: unknown
On December 23, 1939 Hitler visited an Aufklarungsstaffel, Infanterie Regiment Grossdeutschland, and Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.

Frankfurter Festhalle
Location: Ludwig-Erhard-Anlage 1
Today: damaged during the war but restored after the war: it’s still there
On August 3, 1930, during a NSDAP-gathering, Hitler spoke to 17.000 people in theFrankfurter Festhalle.
The next time Hitler was in Frankfurt am Main was on March 6, 1932, for the election of the Reichstag in Juli of that year. The Festhalle was crowded with 35.000 people, but Hitler didn’t speak very long. Hermann Göring was the most important speaker for the evening. For the same elections of the Reichstag Hitler spoke in the Festhalle again on April 7, 1932 and three days before the election on Juli 28, 1932. For the elections in 1933 Hitler spoke at the Festhalle again on Februari 23, 1933. On October 29, 1933 Hitler was in Frankfurt too, but exactly what he was doing, is not clear to us yet. On March 31, 1938 Hitler spoke at the Festhalle again.

Frankfurter Römer (Rathaus)
Location: Römerberg 21-27
Today: still there
When Adolf Hitler visited Frankfurt am Main on March 31, 1938 he spoke at the Festhalle again, but he also visited the town hall, called the Römer.
All the pictures below are dated 31.03.1938, exept the two coloured ones in the centre.

All the pictures above show the Römerberg when Hitler visited itin 1938. The two pictures on top (centre and right) have Hitler on them, on the balcony of the Rathaus. The picture in the centre below shows Hitler leaving the Rathaus

Picture of Hitlers motorcade driving through Frankfurt
Location: Braubachstrasse (near the Römer)
Today: still there
The picture below shows Hitler in his car, driving through the Braubachstrasse in Frankfurt am Main.

I.G.-Farben-Haus
Location: Grüneburgplatz 1
Today: the building that housed I.G.Farben was turned into the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, but it still looks the same as it did
In 1931 the I.G. Farben-Haus was opened. It was one of the largest office buildings in the world. The company Degesch was responsable for the gass Zyklon B, that was used to kill jews in Auschwitz. Degesch was a daughter of the Degussa-concern and I.G. Farben. The remarkable building and especialy the dark roll the company played are reason enough to mention this on this website. We haven’t got any information about Hitler visiting the I.G. Farben-

Election speech of Adolf Hitler 1933
Location: Friedrichsplatz
Today: The Friedrichsplatz was bombed several times from 1940 untill 1943. Some of the historic building are still on the Friedrichsplatz. Some aren’t. The place has been restored off course.
Hitler was in Kassel in 1933. He spoke to a large crowd of people on the Friedrichsplatz. On the same day in the Wilhelmshöher Allee a Adolf-Hitler-Haus was opened.

Die Marburger Rede
Location: University of Marburg, Lawschool (room 101); Landgrafenhaus, the 1920s neo-rococo class room building of the university, in the main lecture hall
Today: The hall is still there today, including the original furniture
Franz von Papen held a speech at the University of Marburg, that is said to have been the last public speech against Nazism. Hitler was furious. Von Papen resigned as vice chancellor, but he was a diplomat for Germany untill 1944.

Adlerhorst
Bad Nauheim (near Ziegenberg) in the woods at one end of the valley
Today: see below
Hitler conducted the Ardennes Offensive here in December and Januari 1944-1945. Behind the castle were 7 bunkers built, looking like normal cottages.The castle and many homes were firebombed by the allied forces. After that German troops were instructed to dynamite the compound. The Wachhaus, the Pressehaus and the garage of the large motor pool building located in the village prop exist today. The castle is rebuilt. There are apartments in it now. More information can be found here: www.militaryhistoryonline.com

Boxheimer documents
Location/named after: Boxheimer Hof in Hessen
The Boxheimer documents, plans about what to do when it came to a communist putsch, were a private initiative of Werner Best. Altough Hitler probably had nothing to do with these plans, they brought him in a bad position when they were discovered in 1932. The suspicion that the NSDAP still had plans to overthrow the government remained.