Good night's sleep began what turned out to an excellent day.
Managed breakfast, without getting too caught up with the 50 or so French students milling all over the place.
Managed to Underground to Hauptbahnhof and even managed to meet the guide for today's walking tour following the rise of National Socialism and Hitler by visiting the significant buildings and and sites pertaining to that part of history.
What ensued was nearly 5 hours of walking and talking with Eric, our American Guide (who has lived in Munich over 30 years) and a two Australian couple's from Sydney who were also on the tour.
It was great to have a day of talking, having lived much of the last week like a cloistered nun
The weather stayed fine and cold for this out door experience, so we retreated to porches and various buildings for comfort.
To even try and cover what I learned would be daunting, assuming I assimilated and retained it all.
I can say I have had lunch and a beer in a pub that threw Hitler out, for being unable to pay his bill.
A number of the pictures are unlabelled as I can't recall the building or site they refer to.
We visited the site of his first public speaking event in a Bavarian Beer hall, the site of his failed 1922 take over of the Bavarian State by force, the so called "Beer Hall Putsch", the various buildings or site where the Nazi Party had its HQ, the Gestapo building (now a bank) and where his official photographer lived which was where Hitler met Eva Braun.
The Nazi headquarters was the building in which the Munich Agreement was formulated to give the Czech Sudentenland to Germany in exchange for peace, without actually consulting the Czech's,they weren't invited to the "Summit".
The Eternal Flame sited on a street that no one wants to use as an address, 'The Place for the Victims of National Socialism", in a place where it can't be seen (behind trees), in a place where no one can sit or would want to as it's too noisy. Not a place for contemplation of man's inhumanity to man!!
He delved into Hitler's ideas of what made good art and his potential sexual proclivity (disinterested).
We looked at the memorials to the "White Rose" resistance movement, basically a movement of students who printed pamphlets suggesting alternatives to the present regime. They were all executed.
I finished the day by jumping on the right train, in the underground, going in the wrong direction, getting off the train at the right station and going in the wrong direction.
My compass is way out.
Finally back to YHA. Feeling a bit seedy, been fighting off a cold, so early to bed to see if I can throw this off.
It's Dachau tomorrow
Managed breakfast, without getting too caught up with the 50 or so French students milling all over the place.
Managed to Underground to Hauptbahnhof and even managed to meet the guide for today's walking tour following the rise of National Socialism and Hitler by visiting the significant buildings and and sites pertaining to that part of history.
What ensued was nearly 5 hours of walking and talking with Eric, our American Guide (who has lived in Munich over 30 years) and a two Australian couple's from Sydney who were also on the tour.
It was great to have a day of talking, having lived much of the last week like a cloistered nun
The weather stayed fine and cold for this out door experience, so we retreated to porches and various buildings for comfort.
To even try and cover what I learned would be daunting, assuming I assimilated and retained it all.
I can say I have had lunch and a beer in a pub that threw Hitler out, for being unable to pay his bill.
A number of the pictures are unlabelled as I can't recall the building or site they refer to.
We visited the site of his first public speaking event in a Bavarian Beer hall, the site of his failed 1922 take over of the Bavarian State by force, the so called "Beer Hall Putsch", the various buildings or site where the Nazi Party had its HQ, the Gestapo building (now a bank) and where his official photographer lived which was where Hitler met Eva Braun.
The Nazi headquarters was the building in which the Munich Agreement was formulated to give the Czech Sudentenland to Germany in exchange for peace, without actually consulting the Czech's,they weren't invited to the "Summit".
The Eternal Flame sited on a street that no one wants to use as an address, 'The Place for the Victims of National Socialism", in a place where it can't be seen (behind trees), in a place where no one can sit or would want to as it's too noisy. Not a place for contemplation of man's inhumanity to man!!
He delved into Hitler's ideas of what made good art and his potential sexual proclivity (disinterested).
We looked at the memorials to the "White Rose" resistance movement, basically a movement of students who printed pamphlets suggesting alternatives to the present regime. They were all executed.
I finished the day by jumping on the right train, in the underground, going in the wrong direction, getting off the train at the right station and going in the wrong direction.
My compass is way out.
Finally back to YHA. Feeling a bit seedy, been fighting off a cold, so early to bed to see if I can throw this off.
It's Dachau tomorrow
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