Why a Booktrail?
1930s: You can literally step into history with this novel and visit many historically important places
The Ghost of Munich
What you need to know before your trail
How would you have tried to negotiate with Hitler? What would you have said and done?
This is a fictional account of French Prime Minister Daladier’s role in the Munich Agreement of September 1938, which led to the breakup of Czechoslovakia.
Quite a fascinating book for those who are deeply interested in history. And if you want to be a part of it, it places you right there. Walk literally in the footsteps of those who made some world changing decisions.
Travel Guide
Munich
“Munich was like a black hole. It was like something in Agatha Christie. Of the nine that took part in that ‘accord of shame’, as it was known, hardly anyone had survived.”
Vier Jahreszeiten Hotel – “The Vier Jahrezeiten hotel is an old establishment of excellent reputation, the French had suggested. The French had settled in there before midday.”
The Führerbau- the Fuherer’ s house looked out on to the prestigious Konigsplatz – The Führerbau was a throughly Hitlerian palace
Paris
As for Paris, the settings of the Germans and their place in the city during the war are mentioned which give a sense of the historical setting and places which were used by the Germans during the war. The Quai D’Orsay and the grand buildings of the Place de l’Opera and the building of operations – ie the Hotel de Buenne, rue Saint Dominique.
The way in which the Vichy government establishes itself in the government buildings in the capital shows the city in a new light and shows the struggles within politics and the concerns of the people under this government at this time.
Just imagine being in such an iconic city as it was being controlled by German forces. See this buildings now and shudder.
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