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Sociology and Anthropology Vol. 5(10), pp. 812 - 822
DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051002
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Hitler's Munich: The Origin of the NSDAP
Cinzia Leone *
Department of Political Science, University of Genova, Italy
ABSTRACT
Adolf Hitler decided to move to Munich in 1913 and he remained there for more than three decades. Although he transferred to Berlin during his time in government, Hitler always maintained a headquarters in Munich, and he never ceased to regard it with great nostalgia. The future Fuhrer quickly fell in love with the Bavarian capital and made Munich the center of his operations, and the cultural capital of the new Reich. He developed a profound love for the place which harbored him and which stayed with him from the dawn of his career. In this essay, I ask the following questions: what role did Munich play in the development of the National Socialist movement? And if he had not lived in Munich would Hitler have developed into the figure he became? In an attempt to answer these questions I start by describing Munich during Hitler's time, to its antisemitism and the birth of National Socialist party and the centrality of Hitler, and offer a short historical discussion of its position within Germany. Man can surely find some parallelisms with the current situation of our Europe in this essay, where we see nowadays even stronger extremist movements.
KEYWORDS
German History, Adolf Hitler, NSDAP, Munich, Antisemitism
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Cinzia Leone , "Hitler's Munich: The Origin of the NSDAP," Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 812 - 822, 2017. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051002.
(b). APA Format:
Cinzia Leone (2017). Hitler's Munich: The Origin of the NSDAP. Sociology and Anthropology, 5(10), 812 - 822. DOI: 10.13189/sa.2017.051002.