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(1,273 posts)at the Feldherrenhalle. In November 1923 Hitler had tried to take over the country in 1923 starting with a riot in Munich at that place. This putsch failed, some Nazis were killed, and Hitler was convicted to prison. When he finally won the Nazis had a commemoration there at every 9th of November (I think the combination of 9 and 11 are the real numbers of misfortune, who cares about 13?).
They had also a guard of honour there 24/7 and every citizen who was walking by had to do the Hitlergruß - all the way long. So everybody avoided the place and went through a tiny alleyway behind the Feldherrenhalle. They called it Drückebergergässchen, which means skulker street.
The Feldherrenhalle was built in 1844 imitating the Loggia Dei Lanzi in Florence, Italy.
from Munich!