Munich was the cradle of Nazism. In 1919, the German Workers' Party was founded in the Munich hotel "Fürstenfelder Hof", which was transformed into the NSDAP by Adolf Hitler on February 24, 1920.

In Munich, at Briennerstraße 45, the NSDAP leadership had its headquarters in the years 1930 - 1945, the building was called "Brown House" after the color of the uniforms in which NSDAP officers were dressed.