Was the Feldherrnhalle heavily damaged during WWII?

[Don Scowen]

The FHH as we know it from the front escaped reletively undamaged. However, the building attached the it's rear was completely destroyed. I was there last week & there are photos of the damage on display in the museum in the Residenz building across the road.

Cheers
Don

[Panzer Rob]

The FHH as we know it from the front escaped reletively undamaged. However, the building attached the it's rear was completely destroyed. I was there last week & there are photos of the damage on display in the museum in the Residenz building across the road.

Cheers
Don

Don-

Thanks for that info, and for confirming the damage. I'll be in Munich next week, so I'll make it a point to check out the museum in the Residenz

Thanks again,
Rob

[shinerb]

Rob,

The building that housed Hitler's office is worth a short walk as well. It is still there and is a music school now I believe. You can go into the building and I don't believe it sustained any damage. Looks just as it did 60+ years ago. There is also a large billboard sized plaque just up the street from there. It outlines the area where the outdoor logia's or "honor temples" holding the Beer Hall Putsch dead were located.

[TerryG]

The Fuehrerbau was the NSDAP headquarters in Munich and indeed now a music school. This is where the famous (or infamous) Munich conference took place.

[TerryG]

and here it is a long time ago (left hand side at the back).

[TerryG]

I would describe the Brown House as Hitler's office or Party headquarters. It was a few steps away down Brienner Strasse.

[TerryG]

The Brown House is totally gone. This is a picture taken at the corner of Brienner Strasse, where one of the Ehrentempel once stood. SO to the left you have the school of music and to the right....not much.

[TerryG]

This will put it all in perspective. The school of music, the 2 Ehrentempel, Brienner Strasse at the center back and you can just see the Brown House there, with a flag on top. I would recommend you buy or borrow a book called "The 3rd Reich then and now" by Tony le Tissier or of course get one of the After the Battle magazines which dealt with that. They would be of use if you visit the area.

[George Stimson]

Feldherrnhalle

Here's a picture I took during a visit in 1972.

[Panzer Rob]

Shinerb-

Thanks for recommending Tony le Tissier's book. I have "BERLIN, then and now" and it was a big help when I visited that incredible city in the summer of 2003 (God was it hot and humid that year )

I don't have "The Third Reich then and now" but I do have a copy of "Hitler and Munich" by Brian Deming which should suffice for this trip.

Terry- Thanks for all the pictures and the info! I've got two and a half days in Munich and quite a long list of spots/sights/buildings to vist. All of the ones you mentioned are already on there

One of my plans is to walk the route of the 9.November Putsch march from the site of the former B******252;rgerbr******228;ukeller to the Feldherrnhalle, and after that head on up towards K******246;nigsplatz to see the F******252;hrerbau, Ehrentempel, etc. Should be fun!

Hopefully not much has changed since I was last there. With all the senseless destruction of historically significant relics/remains of the 3rd Reich throughout Germany, I wonder how much longer the foundations of the Ehrentemple will be there To be honest I'm surprised that they've survived this long

[DonC]

There is also another book, simply titled "Hitler Sites" that covers most areas of interest from Berchetesgadento Munich to Berlin - eve the New York City apartment where Patrick Hitler lived.

Don

[Don Scowen]

Rob,

Make sure you head to Sophienstraße to see the wonderful eagle.

Cheers
Don

[Greg]

My uncle was stationed near Munich in 1946-1947 with an Engineer unit. Their billet? The SS Schule at Bad Tolz! He told me that there were SS helmets piled up under lock and key in the basement storeooms of the barracks while they were there but no one was interested in that kind of thing (I can't imagine what else would have been in there as well - well, actually I can, and it is KILLING me! ). All he sent back were Hummel figurines for my grandmother and a nice set of porcellain dishes for my aunt.

Yeah, don't you wish we could send our Occupation Army relatives back with shopping lists? All Daddy brought back was some cheap woodcuts, some Garmisch tourist pamphlets, a beer stein from around 1900, a beat-up Browning Auto-5 12 gauge, a Carcanno rifle like what Oswald used, and a French Lebel carbine. Why not an MP-44??

@Rob - there are some more Munich "then and now" photos here http://www.thirdreichruins.com/munich.htm


Best,
Greg