Day 6 - Monday June 15th Today we toured Munich. Lots of history in this town, as it was where Hitler began his reign of terror in WWII. Most of the jewish houses and businesses were ransacked & burned down by the German SS, posing as townsfolk. This was Hitlers’s way of rallying for sentiment and hatred toward jews. Once the war was in full swing 90% of Munich was bombed, and destroyed. Knowing the bombs were coming, the inhabitants had the foresight to go around and take photographs of every building, street, and cobblestone pattern. After the war, Munich was rebuilt based on these photos. So, Munich is actually a replica of what it once looked like. All statues were stashed in bomb shelters, at least they were genuine. Crazy history here!!! Beautiful city!! We
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