Famous tourist destinations, landmarks, and architecture in Munich, Germany before World War 2. View of Marienplatz with the Town Hall to its right (Marienplatz, 80331 München, Germany). The Frauenkirche is seen in the background. View of St. Peters Church (Rindermarkt 1, 80331 München, Germany) and the Karlstor or Charles Gate (Karlstor Neuhauser Str., 80331 München, Germany) while looking west on Neubauer Strasse. A tram moves under the gate. Cars and people on a street. Shops on either side of the street including the Hamburg-Amerika Line office. Views of the Former Royal Palace, also known as the Munich Residenz or Munich Residence (Residenzstraße 1, 80333 München, Germany) with streetcar trams, horse carts, and pedestrians in the foreground. The Deutsches Museum or German Museum (Museumsinsel 1, 80538 München, Germany), Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich or LMU Munich (Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 D-80539 München) and the National Theater Munich (Max-Joseph-Platz 2, 80539 München, Germany). The east fountain in front of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. A young girl feeding pigeon.
Scenes in Germany in 1920s and 1930s. Changes in Germany during Adolf Hitler's leadership. Workers on strike. Workers sitting with no work. Hyperinflation during the Weimar Republic 1921-1923 after World War I. Money, drafts and notes with huge values seen due to inflation. Woman buying from vendor with large prices posted. Band musicians playing jazz music, people dancing as inflation becomes uncontrollable. Men are given shovels to march with by Nazi official (likely early Reich Labor Service or RAD of NSDAP). Adolf Hitler speaks to a crowd about rebuilding of Germany. The launch of several ships. First is seen the launch of luxury liner Wilhelm Gustloff in 1937, with Hitler present on a podium. (The MV Gustloff was the first ship built specifically for the German Labor Front’s Kraft durch Freude (“Strength Through Joy” program.) German officials give Nazi salutes. German flags on the ship.
Life of German Field Marshal, Paul von Hindenburg in Germany. Paul Von Hindenburg poses with his family on his estate after retirement following World War 1. Paul von Hindenburg and family in Neudeck (present day Ogrodzieniec, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland). He and his family sit around a table. Trees in the background.
Life of German Field Marshal and President Paul von Hindenburg in Germany. Officers and civilians at the Tannenberg Memorial, in Hohenstein, East Prussia (11-015 Olsztynek, Poland). They hold Nazi flags at a rally commemorating Germany's defeat of Russian invasion in August 1914 during World War I. Paul Von Hindenburg walks on a path. Officers lined up on either side. Hindenburg greets Adolf Hitler at the Tannenberg Memorial.
(Prisoner) General Field Marshal Gerd Von Rundstedt in Germany soon after the end of World War 2 in Europe. Gerd Von Rundstedt talks with German officers. Jeeps and aircraft in background. Rundstedt boards a American C-47 Skytrain plane. U.S. Army and German enlisted soldiers and officers. German officers stand around the plane.
Refugees and evacuees returning to Vannes, France during World War 2. A girl rides a bicycle with a baby in the basket. Buildings seen alongside the streets in the background. Civilians stand outside a building. Some people walk on streets. A British officer looks through binoculars and a nurse powders her nose. Trees seen in the background. The exterior of an Institute building used as a Headquarters by German Field Marshal Günther von Kluge. A sign near building steps warning of mines. A jeep on a road. The refugee return with their belongings. Mothers with babies. Nuns escorting children who just arrived by bus. Stone walls in the background. Horse carts loaded with luggage on the roads.
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