Only in Munich by Duncan J.D. Smith

6 Contents 33 Where Eagles Dare to Perch 90 34 An Easily Overlooked Monastery 93 35 In a Florentine Garden 96 36 Munich’s Mysterious Patron 99 37 Rocks fromMars, Crystals from Bavaria 102 38 Fossilised Birds and Giant Deer 104 39 Athens on the Isar 107 40 How Munich Might Have Looked 110 41 The Fate of the Brown House 113 42 An Unusual Shopping List 116 43 Drinking in the History 119 44 Scars of Remembrance 121 45 Memorials to theWhite Rose 124 46 An Innocent Address? 126 47 Schwabing’s Green Oasis 128 48 When Munich Shone 130 49 Climbing Rubble Mountains 133 Outer Suburbs – East (Bogenhausen; Berg am Laim; Trudering – Riem; Ramersdorf – Perlach; Obergiesing; Untergiesing – Harlaching) 50 A Private Museum for Contemporary Art 135 51 Where Thomas Mann Lived 138 52 Three Brave Men of God 140 53 Geli, Eva and Unity 142 54 Bombproof Munich 145 55 Homage to the Humble Potato 148 56 An Almost Forgotten Airport 150 57 A Curious Stone in the Forest 152 58 An Experimental Brewery 154 59 Secrets of Ramersdorf – Perlach 156 60 On the Right Tracks 159 61 Wartime Memories in the East Cemetery 162 62 On the Trail of Rare Animals 165 63 Behind the Scenes at Bavaria Film 168