AMD 6 - Jenna Malzahn

Für AMD 6, suchte ich Dinge aus "365 Dinge" Buch. The item I looked up was number 51 and 305, which both involving the "Gruselkabinett", because anything related to horror I find interesting. I've always loved scary movies and haunted houses or corn mazes so, even though the picture that accompanied the brief description in the book created a sense of cheesiness about this place, I was immediately drawn to the "horror cabinet". While the picture made the "Gruselkabinett" appear hastily put together, like most Halloween decorations that cover the majority of the public's lawns, the place itself is actually quite authentic. Interestingly enough it's housed in a WWII air-raid bunker that was once apart of a complete complex network that extended for miles beneath the city. Hitler's air-raid shelter was actually connected to this one at a point in history so he could have very well walked through it. The best part of the "Gruselkabinett" I think is that while the ground floor is composed of groaning dummies and creepy characters that randomly appear in the dark and dank maze, the place also serves to preserve the historical aspect of the place, time, and the individuals who were once exposed to it. Actual belongings that were left behind are actually put on display and I think that overall this shows how each culture attempts to keep the occurrences of the past from being lost in the continually changing current of society. Germany isn't the only nation that creates museums to share historical facts but the fact that the "Gruselkabinett" promotes this in such an interesting and effective way is something that everyone nation can learn from.