In the aftermath of World War II, Germany and Japan were subject to US Military occupation. Due to Polish annexation of the Former eastern territories of Germany and expulsion of Germans from all over Eastern Europe, Munich operated over a thousand refugee camps for 151,113 people in October 1946.
After US occupation Munich was completely rebuilt following a meticulous plan, which preserved its pre-war street grid, bar a few exceptions owing to then modern traffic concepts.
In 1957, Munich’s population surpassed one million. The city continued to play a highly significant role in the German economy, politics and culture, giving rise to its nickname Heimliche Hauptstadt (“secret capital”) in the decades after World War II. In Munich, the Bayerischer Rundfunk began its first television broadcast in 1954.
These wonderful color photos from
Past of a Stranger that captured street scenes of Munich in the 1950s.
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| Sendlinger Tor, München |
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| Oberlandesgericht München, Alter Botanischer Garten, München |
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| Neue Maxburg, München |
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| Alter Botanischer Garten, München |
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| Apollotempel, München |
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| Chinesische Turm, München |
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| Englischer Garten, München |
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| Englischer Garten, München |
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| Englischer Garten, München |
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| Englischer Garten, München |
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| Englischer Garten, München |
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| Englischer Garten, München |
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| Friedensengel, München |
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| Haus der Kunst, München |
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| Propyläen, Königsplatz, München |
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| Tambosi-Oper, München |
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