Tag: germany

• Budapest to amsterdam VI: Nuremberg: why do people continue to deny the truth

  [Graffiti on the door of a closed shop. Likely in Nuremberg. Photo is mine.] The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity. ~~Anthony Lewis {Author’s note: If you know me and have read some or all of…

  patrickjegan

  June 21, 2026

  germany, History, Holocaust, Memories, Religious Intolerance, Travel Writing, Travels, World War II

  #germanarmyralliesnuremberg, #nazipropaganda, #nurembergtrials, #nurembergwarcrimestrial, #theholocaust, #travelsingermany, #warcrimes, #whyhitlerusednuremberg, germany, History, movies, nuremberg, politics

• Budapest to amsterdam V: Passau: 3 rivers, Biblical Floods, High Baroque & 2 personal guides

  [The confluence of three rivers. The very light olive color water near the top of the photo is the INN river, clay sediment imparts the color. The closer river is the DANUBE, a brown/grey depending on the rainfall and amount of organic material. A third and much smaller river is the ILZ, which is nearly…

  patrickjegan

  June 13, 2026

  art, Castles, Friendship, History, Memories, non-fiction, Passau Germany, Real Personal History, Things of Beauty, Travel Writing, Travels

  #largestpipeorganintheworld, #retiredtenorandsopranoinpassau, #seeingpassaugermanywithfriends, #thebestlemonadeingermany, #trompe-l’œilinststephenscathedralpassaugermany, #vikingcruisestopinpassau, blog, europe, germany, History, Travel