The focus of this half day Munich walking tour is learning about and seeing sights related to Munich's past as the Capital of the Nazi Movement, Hauptstadt der Bewegung, the official title the Nazi regime itself gave the city. You will see beer halls, streets and locations where many historic events took place sitting along side memorials to the victims of this hateful ideology.
This fascinating Munich tour is just as much a history lesson as it is a walking tour. Munich was both the birthplace and the home location of the Nazi Party, and it was here that Hitler founded the NSDAP.
Ironically while much of central Munich was devastated by Allied bombings, many Nazi buildings survived and still stand today and you will see them during this tour. The Feldherrnhalle is a loggia where Hitler often gave speeches and propaganda parades took place. This was also the site of the November 8 and 9, 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, Hitler's failed coup attempt, which ended when Bavarian state police stopped the marchers here, leaving 20 dead.
You will see the beer halls which hosted the first small gatherings of the fanatics who would one day lead the Third Reich, and the place where Hitler made his first major speeches. The voice of Adolf Hitler resounded around the public squares and streets of Munich before being heard anywhere else in Germany. You will walk through those very streets where Hitler and his brown shirts fought their way to power.
This tour is certain to open your eyes to hidden history as Munich was the nursery of a movement that would shake humanity and cause some of the most infamous and horrible events in history, leading up to and including the Holocaust.
Standing along side these historic sites you will see memorials to the city's many victims of Nazism, including those who sacrificed their lives in opposing its hateful ideology.