Wednesday, January 20, 2010

From the Fuhrer's HQ to a Forgotten Era

I came across this amazing museum the other day - the Museum of Castings of classical Images. I walked in and reconginzed it immediately as the place that Adolf Hitler stood with all of his top aids, and in fact it is the former SS offices, headquarters to the Nazi party in the middle of the Mazvorstadt neighborhood. Used today as a mix of the Musical College, several art galleries, and home to a variety of classes - the building is a clear connection to the past in Munich. We got to this point and were buzzed in, but somehow missed our opening. So in true German fashion they declined our entry. It's as if we didn't know the secret handshake and didn't enter with extreme efficiency - so they decided no! Perhaps another time. On a side note, sorry for the delay in posting. All I can say is that work has been busy like never seen before.

1 comment:

PepeB said...

It can't be the "Braunes Haus", it was destroyed at the end of teh Second World War. I think you've been to the Musikhochschule, the former "Führerbau" in Arcisstraße ...