(05-04-2022, 01:38 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote:

(05-04-2022, 01:08 PM)mikesez Wrote: The NFL announced that they will play a regular season game in Germany for the first time.  Berlin is the biggest city but the game will be in Munich.  Munich was the largest German city that was fully in the American zone from 1945-1992 and has held 4th of July parades off and on over the years, showing their appreciation of Americans.

Bavaria has always been a more friendly part of Germany.

They don't take themselves as serious as the other parts of the country and enjoy having a good time with good people. Berlin would have sucked.

Totally Disagree.  This area from 1918 - 1945 were some of the worst regions leading to the formation of the Nazi party -- many of the leaders were actually from Austria and the Bavaria region of Germany.  Many Jews were executed in various concentration camps during WWII in this region.  Also, nearly 30 years later, 7 Israeli athletes in the Olympics were taken hostage and killed in Munich back in 1972.   


Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany, established on March 10, 1933, slightly more than five weeks after Adolf Hitler became chancellor. Built at the edge of the town of Dachau, about 12 miles (16 km) north of Munich, it became the model and training centre for all other SS-organized camps.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dachau_concentration_camp

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