Munich

Yesterday a few friends and I traveled into Munich for the day to see Dachau Concentration camp along with the White Rose memorial at Munich University and the Haufbrauhaus – Munich’s famous beer garden. 

We left Frankfurt at 5:50 and arrived to Munich at 9:00.  From Munich central station we took the train to Munich University to see the memorial site.  The White Rose was a group of six students that attended Munich University and became known for their anonymous campaign against Adolf Hitler’s regime.  In 1943, the members of the White Rose were caught at Munich University handing out opposition flyers and were later executed by decapitation. Today, the members of the White Rose are honored amongst some of Germany’s greatest heros. 

After visiting Munich University we headed to Dachau Concentration camp, which is located about 25 minutes outside of Munich.  Dachau was one of the first concentration camps in Germany and the only camp to have existed throughout the entire 12 years of Nazi rule.

Today it was finally nice outside so a group of us went downtown to the Main festival.  It was really neat – they had shops and food stands located alongside the river, which is nice because everything is closed on Sundays.

Right now we are having a German study group.  Our test is on Tuesday and I am not looking forward to it… The German language is a bit difficult!