Sunday, February 9, 2014

The Freikorps, Revolution, and Fighting in Munich, 1919 and Motor Vehicles

Hi folks, my father rarely spoke of his childhood, but he did say once that after WWI there was fighting in the streets where he lived in Bremen and he saw people killed. From that he was determined to be a pacifist. I happened to run into some photos illustrating the use of motor vehicles in the fighting between the Communists and the Freikorps that took place in Munich during the early months of 1919. I like the skull and crossbones symbol! What do you think? So where did Hitler become fascinated with the automobile? Munich, 1919?


A Black ex-Colonial German soldier serving as a driver in 1919 Munich? Wow!



Is Hitler in this photograph?


If I am not mistaken fighting taking place in January 1919.

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