Today we travelled by train to Nürnberg to visit one of the important museums in this city.

This museum is housed in the incomplete Congress Hall Hitler had commissioned to be built.

It was an impressive display that honestly reflected Hitler’s impact on Germany and of the trials that took place following the end of WWII. To say it was information overload would be an understatement.

Each visitor received an audio tour device for his/her €5.

Basically we meandered through a time-lined history from approximately 1927 to 1946, plus a brief commentary on what has happened since then with the area Hitler had chosen for the Nuremberg Rallies.

I can’t tell you how many short films or audio points were included, but I’d guess 100.

The later displays about the Nuremberg Trials, which were held in the Nuremberg Palace of Justice from November 1945 to October 1946, was particularly interesting to me. I hadn’t studied as much history as Mick had at school, but it certainly gave us a lot to talk about on our train trip home. So many lives wasted.

It took us just on two hours to view the exhibits, and we rushed; actually missing a few audio points.

As I said, there was a lot of information to be absorbed and we hadn’t factored in the need for something to eat. It was 1pm by this stage and breakfast was quite early.

I think I know where IKEA got the idea of forcing customers through its whole shop before being able to exit – this set up was the same; you could not stop off anywhere until the very end.

I feel very privileged to have seen this museum.