Munich was the cradle of Nazism – the NSDAP was founded here, the Hitler Putsch failed here, and the city was later called the "Capital of the Movement.” The city tour begins at Königsplatz, where museums that were once temples of culture were repurposed by the Nazis as shrines to their ideology. Passing historic sites such as the NS Documentation Center, the former Gestapo headquarters in the destroyed Wittelsbacher Palais, and the Feldherrnhalle, the tour sheds light on how Hitler gained support within Munich’s society and and how the city dealt with this difficult legacy after 1945.
Wegbeschreibung (ab Tagungshotel)
- Leave the hotel and cross the street.
- Keep right and follow the elevated road for about 50 meters.
- Just before the Sudeten German Museum, turn left onto Riggauerweg.
- Follow the road down the hill and turn right.
- Continue along Riggauerweg (do not turn onto Lilienberg) until you reach the intersection of Lilienstraße and Rosenheimer Straße.
- Cross the street at the traffic lights towards the bridge.
- Walk across the Ludwigsbrücke bridge to the “Deutsches Museum” tram stop.
- Take tram 17 (towards Amalienburgstraße).
- Travel to Sendlinger Tor (4 stops, journey time approx. 10 minutes).
- At Sendlinger Tor, go into the subway station and head towards the mezzanine level in the direction of U2 “Feldmoching” (via Hauptbahnhof).
- Take the U2 towards “Feldmoching” and travel 2 stops (5 minutes) to Königsplatz.
- Leave the subway in the direction of travel and take the stairs up.
- Keep right and take the stairs at exit B.
- Turn into Maillingerstraße at the intersection.
- You are now directly in front of the Propylaea (the gate in the middle) and have reached your destination.
