King Ludwig I built Field Marshall’s Hall to honor Bavarian
Generals and symbolize the Bavarian Army’s strength. There are two bronze statues in the hall commemorating
General Tilly and General Wrede.
There are two large lion statues guarding the front of the hall. One is facing the church with its mouth
closed and the other is facing the parliament building with its mouth
open. This is because you should
not speak out against your god hence the mouth closed and you should speak out
against your government hence the mouth open. Hitler gave many speeches on the stairs in-between these
lions.
This is also the site of the failed beer hall putsch. Because of the curve of Residenz Str. Hitler couldn't see that the Government Troops had set up a blockade. Hitler and the Nazis fought the
Government Troops here. When the
Nazis came into power years later Hitler made this a designated national shrine
and everyone who passed by was obligated to salute.
He placed a Nazi solider by this so those who refused could
be properly reprimanded. Lots of
people chose to walk around this and take other routes one popular way was to
cut though a nearby alley.
Eventually the Nazis noticed and started recording peoples names that
took this path. If they walked
through the alley too many times they were taken to jail. The alley became known as “Dodger’s
Alley” and commemorated today with a gold like painted down the center.
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