Mayor Liebel marketed the city intensively under the label "City of the Nazi Party Rallies". The elaborately festooned old town and its famous sights were an established attraction for rally visitors. There was hardly a sector that did not hope to benefit economically from the rallies. In particular, trade in all manner of souvenirs thrived.

Based on their conception of the city as a central propaganda venue, local protagonists claimed for Nuremberg a role model function in the Jewish question: boycotts, the demolition of the main synagogue, and expropriation of Jewish property were particularly early and drastic measures.

Memories of the 1938 November Pogrom are evoked by the shards of a crystal vase: the night left an indelible mark on twelve-year-old Eva Rößner from Nuremberg. The home of her Jewish grandparents was a chaotic scene of wreckage, with everything destroyed, including the crystal vase. Preserved over the years, the family donated this poignant memento to the Documentation Center.

In her eighties, Eva Rößner harboured no doubts: "After these events, who could say they hadn't known anything."