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Munich was the birthplace of Nazism and became the chief cultural shrine of the Third Reich. In exploring the question of why Nazism flourished in the 'Athens of the Isar', David Clay Large has written a compelling account of the cultural roots of the Nazi movement, allowing us to seeā¦
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For an understanding of how Munich became the birthplace of the Nazi movement, I highly recommend David Clay Largeās narrative nonfiction work Where Ghosts Walked: Munichās Road To The Third Reich. At center stage in Largeās book is Munich itself, a beautiful city that before World War I was known as āAthens On The Isarā because of all of the writers, musicians, and artists it attracted. Large tells of the 1918 revolution that toppled Bavariaās monarchy, of the Munich Soviet Republic that briefly took its place, of Bavariansā embrace of right-wing extremism that followed the communistsā bloody ouster, andā¦
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