Munich's Hard Look At Its Nazi Past; The City Faces Up To Its Courtship With Hitler

The Washington Post | March 14, 1994| | Copyright

"Was this exhibition necessary?" asks the comment scrawled in a guest book by a visitor to the Stadtmuseum.

It is one of a variety of emotions provoked by an unpleasant confrontation with the city's dark Nazi past. Others are sarcastic: Hitler would have loved it, they say. A few are chilling, or pretend to be: a collection of pro-Nazi slogans.

But more common are those expressing gratitude that the truth is being acknowledged, finally. "We agree with everything, because we are Muenchener," is the message from a couple who lived through the period. Many others simply say thank you.

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