Nürnberg

Nürnberg, city in south central Germany, on the Pegnitz River, in Bavaria. This city is a crucial and essential part of the National Socialist history for it witnessed its rise and fall. During the 1920's, Nürnberg was an NSDAP stronghold; in 1927, the first Nazi rally was held there and From 1933 to 1938, it was the site of annual conventions of the NSDAP. During World War II (1939-1945), the city was a major center for producing military equipment. After the war Nürnberg was a site of trials, a.k.a. the Nürnberg trials, where most of the surviving Nazi leaders got death or life imprisonment sentences.