Kolmannen Valtakunnan vieraana (English: Guest of the Third Reich) is an essayistic book by Finnish writer Olavi Paavolainen based on his visit to Nazi Germany and the Nuremberg Rally in 1936.
The group took its visitors around Northern Germany to see sights that were considered beneficial for promoting the Nazi ideology.
The visitors were also invited to the massive Nuremberg Rally, which Paavolainen seemed to found rather overwhelming, in regard to both ideological and aesthetical aspects, as it is discussed throughout the book.
In the book, Paavolainen described the female crowd with disdain and wrote in reference to Goebbels: This small man is all nerves and brain - heart and soul are missing.
His vanity is obvious.Kolmannen Valtakunnan vieraana was a major success, but it was also seen as ambiguous and was widely debated when it was published in December 1936.