It’s a rainy day in Munich. Our plans to go to Dachau concentration camp were squashed due to excessive downpours.
We decided to go to the Munich Documentation Center for the History of National Socialism, which documents the rise of the National Socialist Party.
However on our way there, it started pouring and we ducked into the Glyptothek, a building that was built in the 1800s by Bavarian King Ludwig I to house the Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures.
It was a very extensive collection dating back to 300 BC.
Many young people were sketching different pieces.
This entire plaza, with its neoclassical Greek buildings, is called Königsplatz.
After we finished with antiquities we headed to our next destination. The new Munich Documentation Center opened in 2015 on the site of the former “Brown House,” the headquarters of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), as the Nazi Party was officially called.
The museum documented the rise of Hitler after World War I and the beginning of the movement which began in Munich.
Many of the demonstrations and parades took place in the Königsplatz which we just visited.
It was a very interesting museum with insight into how someone as dark and dangerous as Hitler could become almost a God to the people. Let’s hope this does not repeat itself ever again.
We left the exhibit and headed to Marienplatz. There were some beautiful buildings on the way.
The wires in the air are for the trams. Beautiful flowers adorned the circle.
We ate at a cafe near Marienplatz. Bruce had tomato soup and I had some sort of pizza.
Everywhere we walk we find very interesting things. I’m not sure what these statues signify but they are near the Old Town.
We stopped in a shop where there were 100’s of cuckoo clocks. Very interesting shop.
And then back to the hotel to hopefully get to bed early. We have a long day tomorrow.
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