Munich
German München. a city in and the capital of Bavaria, in SW Germany.
any dishonorable appeasement.
- Compare Munich Pact.
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The risk to his life was great enough that he had to flee Munich when Hitler attempted to seize power in November 1923.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler | John Henry Crosby | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHitchcock went to Munich as part of an Anglo-German production team.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOutposts budded in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Geneva, and various other burgs, including, yes, Amsterdam.
The Life and Art of Radical Provocateur—and Commune Leader—Otto Muehl | Anthony Haden-Guest | September 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo target the resurgent Nazi movement, X-2 recruited some 13 agents in Munich and had another dozen under consideration.
On the television screen in her small Paris flat, Sylvia carefully followed the events in Munich.
Mossad’s Greatest Female Assassin: An Excerpt From ‘Sylvia Rafael’ | Ram Oren, Moti Kfir | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
A pupil of her father until his death, when she became a student under Gabriel Max, in Munich, for a year.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementI saw you go white once before, when I tried to make you talk about Munich; and the romantic Flora was full of surmises.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonJaffery, to give himself an appetite for dinner, ordered half a litre of Munich beer.
Jaffery | William J. LockeA glance at the map will show that, as Napoleon said, he could then in an emergency reach Munich like lightning.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneThey had expected a repetition of Moreau's advance by Munich; instead, they were called on to defend their capital a second time.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
British Dictionary definitions for Munich
/ (ˈmjuːnɪk) /
a city in S Germany, capital of the state of Bavaria, on the Isar River: became capital of Bavaria in 1508; headquarters of the Nazi movement in the 1920s; a major financial, commercial, and manufacturing centre. Pop: 1 247 873 (2003 est): German name: München
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