The brighter side of Seb Wolff's world...
Three loves of Munich detective Seb Wolff:
his girlfriend Hexie Schuler, a litre of Bavarian beer... and his red Lancia Augusta
...and the dark side of Munich in the 1930s
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Unity Mitford in blackshirt; roll-call at the Dachau concentration camp; Christian Weber, known as 'The Pig' and perhaps the most corrupt man in Munich, having made himself a multi-millionaire from theft and intimidation; the massed ranks of the SS in Königsplatz, Munich; Hitler shows himself to the adoring crowds in the city centre; and a sign saying 'Jews not wanted here' in the Freimann district.
The 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
LEFT: The race is on - note the ever-present Swastika flag. Centre: Hitler at the ice hockey, with Eva Braun just behind. Right: Hitler saluted as he makes his exit
The Hotel Postillion (or Postillon), where the Bavarian Political Police were quartered; and the Olympic flag with yet another Swastika
Echoes of the past in the Bavaria of today
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Hitler's luxurious apartment at 16, Prinzregentenplatz (second floor); poster at the Bavarian Film Studios showing its history; Höllental (Hell Valley) at Hammersbach near Garmisch-Partenkirchen; the entrance to the Olympic stadium; 50, Schellingstrasse - first home of the Nazi party (note the eagle insignia above the door, still not quite erased); the Black Hall in the Residenz, from where SS-general Christian Weber ran the city and amassed his fortune
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