Shirker Alley
The trail of bronze cobblestones in Viscardigasse shows the path that people took during the Nazi era if they did not want to pass by the nearby Feldherrnhalle, where they had to make the obligatory Hitler salute in front of the guards.
For the Nazis, the Feldherrnhalle was a special place, as it was where the first Hitler Putsch against the Weimar Republic failed in 1923. People from Munich who wanted to avoid giving the Hitler salute to the SS guards at the building on Residenzstraße would take a small detour through Viscardigasse and Theatinerstraße. Hence the name "Shirker Alley", which had less to do with cowardice and more to do with civil disobedience.
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Consider what forms of civil disobedience are necessary today and write down examples. Take a photo of your team on the cobblestones of Drückebergergasse.
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