Nazi meeting Munich Bürgerbräukeller 1923.

The photo of a Nazi meeting in the Bürgerbräukeller in Munich from 1923 shows a densely packed crowd in a large, dimly lit hall with a high ceiling and heavy pillars. The pillars are draped with swastika flags. The participants, mainly from the middle classes, are wearing civilian clothes – coats, hats and suits. They stand or sit close together while listening spellbound to a speaker on a raised stage.

The atmosphere of the Bürgerbräukeller, a central meeting place for the early NSDAP, intensifies the effect of the picture. The photograph captures the political mood and the dynamics of the emerging movement shortly before the failed Hitler putsch..