Altes Rathaus
15 Marienplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Most tourists walk under the Altes Rathaus's tower gate without realising they're passing through a building where one of the 20th century's worst atrocities was set in motion.
Dachau Memorial
75 Alte Römerstraße, Dachau-Ost, Dachau, 85221, Germany
On March 22, 1933 — less than two months after Hitler became Chancellor — approximately 200 prisoners arrived at an abandoned munitions factory 16 kilometres northwest of Munich.
Frauenkirche
12 Frauenplatz, Altstadt-Lehel, Munich, 80331, Germany
Just inside the entrance of Munich's cathedral, there's a dark footprint stamped into the floor tile.
Königsplatz
Maxvorstadt, Munich, Germany
King Ludwig I wanted a German Athens, and Königsplatz was his Acropolis.
NS-Dokumentationszentrum
1 Max-Mannheimer-Platz, Maxvorstadt, Munich, 80333, Germany
This white cube stands on the exact spot where the "Brown House" once stood — the national headquarters of the Nazi Party from 1930 until Allied bombs destroyed it in 1945.
Odeonsplatz & Feldherrnhalle
Odeonsplatz, 80539 Munich
The Feldherrnhalle looks like it was stolen from Florence, and in a sense it was.
Olympiapark
Spiridon-Louis-Ring 21, 80809 Munich
The 1972 Munich Olympics were supposed to be the "Cheerful Games" — Germany's deliberate contrast to the militaristic spectacle of Berlin 1936.
White Rose Memorial
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, 80539 Munich
On February 18, 1943, a twenty-one-year-old biology student named Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans carried a suitcase full of leaflets into the main building of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität.
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