Dive into the history of the Faber family and of pencils. You will learn about both while touring…read morethis residence. (I also recommend touring the pencil factory) The splendor within these walls is simply amazing. Look closely at the wood inlay on the walls and on the furniture, the inlay wood floors which differ from room to room. The beautiful wrought iron work throughout this building. Those are things you don't immediately spot because you will be so distracted by the marble and art work and the more obvious riches. Too bad you are not allowed to take pictures inside the Schloss, but the grounds and the outside are fair game. You can see a bit of what awaits you inside.

We visited the Memorial to the Nuremberg Trials or Tribunals about a :30 walk through a residential…read moreneighborhood from the castle. We paid 7 1/2 euros each and we're directed to the exhibit on the third floor. The :15 movie on the second floor started on the hour. I logged onto it he WiFi & downloaded the app listening to a translation in English of all the German information presented. There was so much information I could have spent a week listening. We walked through the exhibit starting from the civilized world, the New World Order, to the path to war and German war crimes. We moved around the room describing the international military tribunal, saw the box for transporting documents, the counts of indictment, the rules of procedure, the indictment, and the venue of the trial. We looked out the window to see where the prisoners of war crimes were held, the course of the trials, the final statements then their penalties along with sentences. We ended with a young Walter Cronkite and the media circus. The museum briefly presented how the Germans dealt with their Nazi past and moved from Nuremberg to the Hague and international courts. We moved into the courtroom listening to German when the screen came down & projected the trials in front of us in German & English for :15. On our way to the train, we saw a separate building with more information about the trials. They were even photos of the White Rose Student Resistant group here.

There is a certain feeling when you sit in the gallery of suite 600 (the courtroom) and lookout…read moreover the site. This is the same spot where some of the highest ranking officer's of the Third Reich were tried for warcrimes against humanity. We took a tour of Nuremberg that included this visit to the courtroom and museum. They start off with a movie about the present injustices against humanity and the advocacy of proper treatment. Very interesting. After the courtroom portion of the visit, we went into the museum portion and really had an opportunity to see how things were 80+ year's ago. The actual setup of the courtroom, the placement of the defendants, prosecution, and defense teams. You also learn much about how the trial proceeded. I did a lot of research into the trials to learn ahead of time what I would be seeing. You do not go to the attached prsion or the tunnels the defendants traveled to get to the trials. It wan an interesting feeling sitting in this room that had so much evil inside of it. It's almost like you can close your eyes and see this trial taking place around you. KUDOs to the team at the Memorium Nürnberger Prozesse.