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Where Ghosts Walked: Munich's Road to the Third Reich Hardcover – October 17, 1997

by David Clay Large (Author)

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The capital of the Nazi movement was not Berlin but Munich, according to Hitler himself. In examining why, historian David Clay Large begins in Munich four decades before World War I and finds a proto-fascist cultural heritage that proved fertile soil later for Hitler's movement. An engrossing account of the time and place that launched Hitler on the road to power.

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 see that the conventional explanations for the movement's rise are not enough. Large's account begins in Munich's 'golden age', four decades before World War I, when the city's artists and writers produced some of the outstanding work of the modernist spirit. He sees a dark side to the city, a protofascist cultural heritage that would tie Adolf Hitler's movement to its soul. Large prowls his volatile world of seamy basement meeting places, finding that attacks on modernity and liberalism flourished, along with virulent anti-Semitism and German nationalism. From the violent experience of the Munich Soviet, through Hitler's failed Beer-Hall Putsch of 1923 and on to his appointment as German chancellor in 1933, Large unfurls a narrative full of insight and implication.

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Hardcover: 406 pages
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition (October 17, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 039303836X
ISBN-13: 978-0393038361
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.4 x 9.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Lively, informative work of popular history

By A Customer on April 1, 1999

Format: Hardcover

I found this book very enjoyable: convincing as a work of history, vivid in detail and surprisingly light in touch given its subject matter. The book is more about the origins and development of right-wing extremism in Bavaria as a whole, rather than just Munich. But of course it is the capital that has always attracted most attention, thanks partly to its cultural pre-eminence in German life and rather more to the fact that Hitler and the Nazis started up there. What the book brings out most clearly is a) the existence of far-right attitudes and anti-Semitism many years before Hitler's arrival in Munich, and b) the way in which Bavaria's abortive Soviet revolution in 1919 turned most of the population into ultra-conservatives unable to see clearly the terrible dangers inherent in Nazism. Even today, Bavaria is the most conservative of German states, and there are still Bavarians alive who prefer to remember the war more for the Allied bombing of Munich than for the abominations committed by the Nazis and SS.

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History of a City

By Mike B on December 17, 2010

Format: Hardcover

This is a well written history on Munich from the 1890's to 1945 (followed by a brief post-war synopsis).

Munich was touted as Germany's most cosmopolitan art centre - even over Berlin. The author, while explaining some of the Bohemian aspects clarifies that beneath this façade lurked somnolent (and not so somnolent) reactionary tendencies. Anti-Semitism was a part of this along with a negative reaction by many native Munchners to this Bohemian-foreign influx. Part of the anti-foreignism was equivalent to anti-Semitism. As Large demonstrates, Munich being a part of Bavaria had strong nationalistic tendencies and did not like taking orders from the Berlin government. Large also quotes several passages from the diaries of various Munchners including Thomas Mann who was initially in favour of this narrow nationalistic outlook.

Of course Hitler's rise to power started in Munich following the end of the First World War. There was a brief communist interlude which the Berlin government helped to suppress. As Large explains violence from left-wing forces was always suppressed ruthlessly by the government police forces of Munich. Violence occurring from conservative forces towards Communists, foreign influences (Jews) could easily be overlooked.

Hitler did overstep in the Beer Hall Putsch but he was certainly not ruthlessly suppressed. His trial became an advertisement for National Socialism where the judges viewed him with great sympathy. His jail time allowed for numerous visitors (male and female) and he wrote his political biography (Mein Kampf) with the help of some of his cohorts.

Dachau, a few miles outside of Munich, was built and expanded immediately after the Nazi takeover.Read more ›

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Great History of Munich in the NSDAP time

By BayernTrips on January 11, 2009

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If you love the city of Munich and are interested in WWII history - especially the prelude that led to the Nazi Dictatorship, you will enjoy this book. With solid research behind it, this book will appeal to the average reader as much as the scholar.

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Great writer

By adaline b. on February 25, 2014

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Heads up: I'm taking a class (series of lectures) from him now. He's great. Really knows his subject. Good writer: makes history interesting (good stories, interwoven with politics). Good thinker, very organized. I think this period (Germany between the Wars) is his specialty. Highly recommend any book by D.C. Large.

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Great Price, Great Quality

By Brittaney on April 15, 2013

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This book is a required text for a study abroad trip in Germany and Austria this summer. Obviously, since the cost of the trip is rather expensive, I did not want to spend a lot of money on my text books, but I still wanted a book that was in good condition. This book served both purposes. Also, the book is an excellent read so that is a great bonus.

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