Germany: Munich’s Traitor’s Lane
By sandra. Filed in Europe, Germany, History, Monument |
In Munich, during his reign a giant Nazi swasttiker hung on Feldherrnhalle building. Hitler ordered that eve
ryone passing by it had to give the Nazi salute. This was in honor of Nazi sympathizers who had been killed there during the Beer Hall putsch in 1932.
Many people practiced a kind of passive resistance by turning down Viscardigasse, a small street next to it. Therefore, they didn’t have to do the salute. The street was called “Drueckebergergasse” by the locals as “drueckeberger” is a German slang expression for someone who tries to avoid his duty.
In the mid-90s, a wavy stripe of gold metal pieces were set in the cobbles on the road in the Viscardigasse in memory of this civil resistance.