Northeim E - Thingstaetten

Starry sky above the Waldbühne Northeim – built under National Socialism as a “consecration site” – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Program booklet of a gymnastics event in Northeim in 1949 – the present Waldbühne was opened in 1936 as a “consecration site” – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Historical postcard of the former Nazi open-air theater in Northeim – designed by Fritz Schaller and opened in 1936 as a “consecration site” – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Historical postcard of the Waldbühne Northeim – built in 1936 during the Thing movement under the architect Fritz Schaller – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Historical postcard of the former Nazi open-air theater in Northeim – designed by Fritz Schaller and opened in 1936 as a “consecration site” – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Historical postcard of the Waldbühne Northeim – built during the Thing movement under the architect Fritz Schaller – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Günther Spannaus, a child when the stage was built, bookseller from Northeim, on the grandstand of the open-air stage Northeim – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Collection of historical material about the history of the city and the open-air stage in Northeim – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

The bookseller of Northeim Günther Spannaus at the Waldbühne Northeim with historic documents – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Removed inscription on the historic stelae of the former Nazi theater – current use as Waldbühne Northeim – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

View of the staircase to the side of the former Nazi open-air stage – now used as the Waldbühne Northeim – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Details of the staircase on the side of the amphitheater in Northeim – research project on the Thing movement © Erica Shires 2014

Side view of the stage of the Nature Theater Waldbühne Northeim – built during the Thing movement under Nazism © Erica Shires 2014

Wooden boards attached to the benches for the audience of the Waldbühne Northeim to sit on – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Rows of benches and overgrown ground of former Nazi architecture in Northeim – now used as a nature stage – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Audience seating at the Waldbühne Northeim – former Nazi theater was built by the Nazis in 1936 – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Stairway to the grandstand of the Waldbühne Northeim – built under National Socialism – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Rows for the audience of the Waldbühne in Northeim – built in 1936 by the National Socialists as a “consecration site” – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Historic stelae with fire bowls and removed inscription at former Nazi stage – now Waldbühne Northeim – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

The open-air stage in Northeim was built close to nature – surroundings of the stage – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

View of the stage with trees of the nature theater in Northeim – the former National Socialist architecture by Fritz Schaller was opened in 1936 and later structurally altered – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Site of the Waldbühne Northeim illuminated by spotlights – built in 1936 during the Nazi era – with a view of the starry sky – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Grandstand of the Waldbühne Northeim illuminated with spotlights at night – built during National Socialism – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Night view of the surrounding nature of today’s Waldbühne in Nordheim – built during National Socialism as a “consecration site” – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014

Stairs and benches for the audience of the former NS open-air stage in Northeim – now used as a natural stage – Thingstätten project © Erica Shires 2014