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• Hitler, Munich and the Nazis: a brief background
• Hitler's early life in Munich: from Bohemia to Germania
• The Munich Putsch
• 1923: from Bürgerbräu Keller to Landsberg Prison
• From failed Putsch to absolute power: the 1920s and 30s
• Operation Kolibri (Hummingbird): the Night of the Long Knives
• Sophie Scholl, George Elser and the Nazi resisters
• Kristallnacht and the persecution of the Jews
• Through Dachau to National Socialism and the Third Reich
• 'Peace for our time': Berchtesgaden and the Munich crisis
• Nuremberg: the triumph of justice over power.

"Munich is one of Europe's most enchanting cities. Exploring its narrow cobbled streets or wide sunlight boulevards with views of the Bavarian Alps is a delight. Each autumn, millions of revellers from around the world join locals in their legendary Octoberfest, one of the world's biggest festivals. Yet many visitors also know that Munich has a past so dark that it cast a looming shadow over the twentieth century: this was the city which played a unique role in the ascent of Nazism, the Third Reich and Adolf Hitler. It was in Munich that Hitler first entered the murky world of beer Keller politics after the First World War. It was here that he established the fanatical base of his NSDAP party so that the city was, in his words, 'the capital of the movement'. This illustrative new book explains how Munich and its surrounds became inextricably linked with the rise and fall of Nazism. It provides the modern reader with a detailed guide to what happened where in the city, why those events were important in the unfolding history of the Third Reich - and why they remain a timely warning today"--Back cover.

In 1930s Munich, the favorite niece of rising political leader Adolph Hitler is torn between duty and love after meeting a fearless and handsome young Jewish reporter.

• Embraced by the Hitler Youth
• Rumblings of doubt
• Half soldier, half student
• Leaflets of the White Rose
• "We are your bad conscience"
• "Down with Hitler!"
• Arrested
• "Long live freedom!"
• A voice from within.

In his signature eloquent prose, backed up by thorough research, Russell Freedman tells the story of Austrian-born Hans Scholl and his sister Sophie. They belonged to Hitler Youth as young children, but began to doubt the Nazi regime. As older students, the Scholls and a few friends formed the White Rose, a campaign of active resistance to Hitler and the Nazis. Risking imprisonment or even execution, the White Rose members distributed leaflets urging Germans to defy the Nazi government. Their belief that freedom was worth dying for will inspire young readers to stand up for what they believe in. Archival photographs and prints, source notes, bibliography, index.
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• Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments;
• 1. Introduction;
• 2. Urban, State, and National Capital: Buying, Paying for, and Selling the Games;
• 3. The Legacy of Berlin 1936 and the German Past: Problems and Possibilities;
• 4. Germany on the Drawing Board: Architecture, Design, and Ceremony;
• 5. After "1968": 1972 and the Youth of the World;
• 6. East versus West: German-German Sporting Tensions from Hallstein to Ostpolitik;
• 7. The End of the Games: Germany, the Middle East, and the Terrorist Attack;
• 8. Conclusion: Olympic Legacies; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I.

The 1972 Munich Olympics--remembered almost exclusively for the devastating terrorist attack on the Israeli team--were intended to showcase the New Germany and replace lingering memories of the Third Reich. That hope was all but obliterated in the early hours of September 5, when gun-wielding Palestinians murdered 11 members of the Israeli team. In the first cultural and political history of the Munich Olympics, Kay Schiller and Christopher Young set these Games into both the context of 1972 and the history of the modern Olympiad. Delving into newly available documents, Schiller and Young chroni.