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On a Munich Tour, Confronting a Dark Past  |  washingtonpost.com

The above cited Washington Post article describes the popularity of Nazi history tours in Munich. World War II, Nazi Germany and the Third Reich remain obsessions for too many Americans, in the view of Europeans. After all, Germany’s history is incredibly long, and its contributions to modern thought and culture are incalculable.

The obsession is perhaps understandable given that the persistent and constant celebration of the major WWII events (attack on Pearl Harbor, D-Day, VE-Day, VJ-Day, etc.) since 1945 have firmly established this global convulsion as the singular defining event of the modern American identity as global superpower. It is also understandable because anyone curious about human nature ought to study the singular greatest human catastrophe that arose out of, arguably, the most advanced intellectual culture in the world at the time in order to prevent its repetition. (Genocides in Africa have, unfortunately, proved us incompetent in that regard.)

All of which is the reason why the walki-talki.com walking tour of Munich is positively the ideal walking tour of Munich. We the major sites at which Hitler and the Nazi party rose to the establishment in Munich, but the rest of the history of Munich is also included. After all, Munich was major kingdom for nearly a thousand years before Nazi founder was even born. From its role as an independent kingdom that grew rich from trade, to its significant place in the Holy Roman Empire, and its rise to the center of modern thought and philosophy, you get it all in our tour. Naturally, we tell you why this is such an important place in the history of beer and brewing.

So, don’t limit yourself to the historical singularity. Get the whole picture when you visit Munich with the walki-talki.com audio walking tour of Munich, which is available for any mp3 player from our store, and for the iPhone and iPod Touch from The App Store.