The Honest Truth About Munich | Exploring The Germany City's History

[@GreatCityAttractions]

Some interesting sights guys - well done.

[@irminschembri8263]

Just a few remarks from a German history teacher after watching your interesting vid. Knowing about our dark history is part of every curriculum here no matter if you live in München or Berlin but since the first was the "breeding" ground of Nationalsozialismus the Bavarians are not as prepared to our " mea culpa" culture. On the other hand both cities have "Stolperstein" aka plaques either in the ground ( every German city) or on the wall with the names and dates of the Jews that used to live there. The Jewish community in München wanted them on walls btw. And then there is Dachau a must for students to visit even if they live hundreds of km away. It was a difficult decision what to do with the buildings that were either built or used by the Nazis after WWII not least as big cities were destroyed by 50 % or more. So some were pulled down and others are now used for mostly cultural purposes but older people do know what they were used for once. Sorry for the long essay. I hope I didn't bore you too much. Best regards from a Bavarian sub :).

[@MovingSidewalks]

Check the time codes in the description/below and jump around - Interesting to explore the diversity in Munich's history and most well known sites. 0:00 - Intro 0:59 - Munich Residenz 2:14 - Hofgarten 2:38 - St Peters Church 2:58 - Marienplatz (& Glockenspiel show) 3:45 - Viktualienmarkt & Lunch 6:45 - Little something about this transition 7:40 - Third Reich Walking Tour Begins (Fuhrerbau) 10:03 - Felderrnhalle 11:15 - Druckebergergasse 11:51 - Hofbrauhaus 12:32 - Altes Rathaus 12:59 - Sterneckerbrau 13:32 - Hitler's residence 14:30 - Closing Thoughts

[@leamilgraum7294]

A very good taste of Munich’s complexity. Just one more detail: on Kristallnacht a very large Number (majority?) of Synagogues in Germany were burned and looted, including the main Synagogue in the center of Munich. After which a law was passed that Jews had to pay for the cleanup. But that was a law, so it was “lawful”. Installed very recently (70 y after), In Schwabing you can find a few plaques attached to homes, indicating the Jewish people who had lived there and were deported from there to death camps and killed there. I lived in Munich for 16 years.

[@MovingSidewalks]

I hadn't seen those plaques throughout Munich if you're referring to the gold stones on the street. Where as we had noticed them in almost every other city we had visited. Munich sure has a complex history, very interesting to experience it while you're there.

[@arnodobler1096]

​@@MovingSidewalksIn Munich they are on the walls of houses, not on the ground. There are over 100,000 stumbling blocks in Europe.

[@JakobFischer60]

Bavarians have a more robust approach to their dark past. You observed that well. There are memorials, but not more than needed.

[@klaus2t703]

Compared to other countries I think Germny does a great job in showing about the dark history. Nothing gets hidden. I have adult children, they had nothing to do with WWII, me neither, and even my father was a child. It´s past. And Germany has changed. So we are in a dillema, on the one side we want to teach about the bad times to be sure it does not happen again - on the other side - to be true - I´m a bit bored that so many foreigners are focussed on that time. I don´t want to get reduced on the history - I live now, in the present. And Germany is one of the most peaceful countries in the world and currently there are about 100.000 jews constantly living in Germany and have about 100 synagoges. This tells a lot. Time has changed. Most other countries hide their dark past. In Germany are more than 300 NS memorials. Isn´t this enough? .. While in other countries there still is much more racism, murder and wars.