The quality of the work – video, score, superimpositions – is outstanding. It is also bone chilling. Here’s an example, this being the Luitpold Arena in Nuremberg, site of the infamous Nazi rallies of the 1930s so well documented by Hitler’s photographer Leni Riefenstahl<\/a>:<\/p>\n <\/i> The presentation is gripping and there are many more videos available on Ruiter’s web site. There’s even one on Auschwitz-Birkenau, but I lack the courage to watch it.<\/p>\n Although the Luitpold Arena has been largely destroyed, many of the sites profiled – especially in Munich, in a separate video – remain largely unchanged. Seeing the exact locations, with images, of where the Nazis paraded is quite remarkable.<\/p>\n Highly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Superb work. The Dutchman Jeroen Ruiter founded Ruiter Productions in 2007 and proceeded to make a series of videos where key German WW2 locations are shown Then and Now. The quality of the work – video, score, superimpositions – is outstanding. It is also bone chilling. Here’s an example, this being the Luitpold Arena in … Continue reading Germany then and now<\/span>
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\nThe Luitpold Arena in the 1930s.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.pindelski.org\/Blog2\/Ruiter_2.jpg\")
\nThe same location today.<\/p>\n
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