1938 Mythical Nazi Sites-The Thingstätte at Annaberg

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In 1933 the Nazi Propaganda Ministry under Joseph Goebbels began a movement based on the "Blut und Boden" (Blood and Soil) ideology - the so-called "Thing" movement. A Thing was an ancient Nordic/Germanic gathering of the people, in an outdoor setting. The Nazi Thing gatherings were to be held in specially-constructed outdoor amphitheaters, called (in the singular) Thingplatz or Thingstätte. Here, the people would gather for Völkisch meetings and to view theater and propaganda presentations written especially for the Thing style. The Thing sites were to be built as much as possible in a natural setting, incorporating rocks, trees, water bodies, ruins, and hills of some historical or mythical significance.
The first Thingplatz was built in 1934 near Halle. Some 1200 Thing sites were planned, but only about 40 were built, as the movement was never particularly popular with the people. Hitler himself was not a big believer in the "Blut und Boden" aspect of Goebbels' propaganda, and outdoor propaganda performances were not popular in the commonly cold and damp German weather. After 1936, most Thing sites were used as Feierstätten (festival sites) or Freilichtbühnen (open-air theaters), for outdoor plays and normal folk festivals such as those celebrating the summer solstice. Following the end of World War II, many of these sites have come to be used as venues for outdoor rock concerts and other musical presentations.
In this 1938 amateur film we can see the Annaberg Thingplatz - built in 1934-38 on the Tarnowitzer Höhe, between Oppeln and Gleiwitz, in Silesia. The Feierstätte der Schlesier am Annaberg was built adjacent to the Annaberg Memorial to the Freikorps and World War I casualties, on a hill dedicated to St. Anna. This site is now in the city of Gora Swietej Anny, Poland. The Thingplatz itself is largely unchanged, although the Freikorpsdenkmal on the hill above was converted to a Soviet war memorial in 1946.

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