incorrigibly antisemitic well before he met Fritz Gerlich in Munich during the spring of 1923. Nor would any serious interpreter repudiate the view that Hitler's antisemitism was unwavering. His hatred

squelched Hitler's grab for power in Munich in 1923. Photo: Ullstein Bilderdienst Once Kahr was free of intimidation, he renounced his coerced support. He also directed Bavarian police forces to be

The exhibit opened in Munich on July 19, 1937. It contained more than 650 important paintings, sculptures, and books that up until a few weeks before the exhibit had all been in one of Germany's 32 public

near Munich, Germany. Laundry hanging to dry testifies to their efforts to establish a pattern of normal life. At the end of the war, seven to nine million displaced persons were scattered throughout

Although a political rightist, Munich newspaper editor Fritz Gerlich abhorred Hitler. His opinion was unwavering throughout Hitler's rise to power, and ultimately cost Gerlich his life. Photo: Bilderdienst

April 29, 1945: At Allach, Germany, near Munich, many Jewish refugees die of overeating following the arrival of supplies brought by American troops. 1945: Liberation and Rebuilding pg. 613 The

June 9, 1938: The main synagogue at Munich is burned to the ground by Nazis. June 14, 1938: All Jewish businesses that have not already been registered and marked must now comply with the Reich requirement.

He lived in Munich for a time and then returned to Austria, where he was found physically unfit for military service. Nevertheless, when World War I began in August 1914, Hitler was elated, and he volunteered

a professor at the University of Munich, whose geopolitical theory centered on "space as a factor of power." Hitler believed Germany's required living space could be taken from Eastern Europe and Russia.

Lebensborn home for expectant Aryan mothers opens near Munich. 1936: The Institut der NSDAP zum Studium der Judenfrage (Institute of the NSDAP to Study the Jewish Question) is founded by Joseph Goebbels.