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Article: Munich's Hard Look At Its Nazi Past; The City Faces Up To Its Courtship With Hitler
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- The Washington Post
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- March 14, 1994
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"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.
Sparking the feeling - and discussion across Germany - are a
series of exhibitions at the Stadtmuseum, ...