WHOL linked to this rather nice little article on Toilet arrangements and mass rallies: Nazi Masses and the Call of Nature|Slow Travel Berlin Which in turn came from the Author's blog, which is rather promising on unusual/interesting details of German/WW2/Nazi history, and written in an engaging style: Rosa Sala Rose » looking at German history in a different way Well worth a read. I'd certainly never thought of the Rallies as having a somewhat distinctive smell... ~A
Probably explains the baggy trousers. And those boot could hold a couple of litres. And he sure don't look too happy.
Fantastic Blog, duly bookmarked. I remember, when we were in Berlin, walking up to the Olympic Stadium the day after the German Cup Final, the overwhelming stench of Urine from the Portaloos