Munich in the 3rd Reich and WW2 private walking tour

Michael is the best guide ever to exist.

Michael was our guide of 21 of us. I’m so glad i had him as a guide. Fellow American who has lived in Germany 25 years and teaches at the University. It showed. So laid back and knows everything about the 3rd Reich and more. Very impressed. It was my first tour with Radius. I have 3 more with them this week. Nice lady working the office will take care of you. I can’t say enough. Legit down to earth people sharing their knowledge. Great job!! Thanks again.

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Sobering and so important. Educational

Sobering. But Josh was an incredible tour guide to cover this difficult part of history and also educate and relate to more current times. My dad fought for freedom. And freedom is not free.

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David “Taff” Simon is an exceptional guide!

My wife and I came to Munich with a particular interest in the rise of National Socialism, the events that unfolded in the city during the 1920s and 1930s, and the people who eventually found the courage to resist it. I had done a fair amount of reading beforehand and was looking for considerably more than a conventional sightseeing tour. Taff delivered exactly that. What distinguishes him is the combination of an extraordinary command of the history with an ability to make the geography of Munich itself part of the story. We stood where Hitler and his followers gathered before the Beer Hall Putsch, traced their route through the city, visited places associated with the early Nazi movement, and saw locations connected with the SA, Röhm, Kristallnacht and, ultimately, the resistance that emerged against the regime. Taff continually drew our attention to details we would otherwise have walked straight past—a plaque, an old photograph, the former use of a building, the significance of a particular street corner—and then placed each of them within the much larger historical narrative. Munich ceased to be simply a beautiful reconstructed European city. Layer by layer, the city of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s began to emerge underneath it. Just as importantly, Taff does not simply recite dates and facts. He explains context: the aftermath of the First World War, political instability, hyperinflation, antisemitism, the attraction of extremist movements, and the incremental process by which something once on the political margins became enormously destructive. He is an engaging storyteller, but never at the expense of historical substance. There was also no sense that we were being hurried through a prepared script. Questions led naturally into other subjects, and Taff was perfectly willing to stop, explore them and adjust the tour to our interests. It felt much more like spending several hours walking Munich with an extremely knowledgeable historian who genuinely enjoys sharing what he knows. Perhaps the best measure of the tour is what happened afterwards. Instead of feeling that I had now “done” Nazi-era Munich, I found myself wanting to read more, see more and understand more. Taff had given me a framework into which everything else I was seeing could fit. And somewhere along the way, something else happened: I feel as though I gained a friend. Taff is warm, generous with his knowledge, endlessly interesting and simply great company. By the end of our time together, I wasn't thinking about whether I would take another tour with him. I was thinking about where I could follow him next. I definitely intend to return. There are other places, other stories and other layers of this history that I now want to explore, and I can think of no one I would rather learn them from. Taff possesses a vast store of knowledge, but more importantly, he has the rare ability to make you want to keep learning alongside him. If you have a serious interest in twentieth-century history and want to understand not merely what happened in Munich, but how and where it happened, spend some time with David “Taff” Simon. First rate. And, I hope, until next time.

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Wonderful tours!!

OMG. You absolutely have to use Taff and Dark History Tours. He is amazing. He really is passionate about what he does and the information he provides. He is also very empathetic about the topic information. I have taken hundreds of tours over the last 25 years and can honestly say he provides wonderful tours.

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Great tour!

Wonderful tour with Joanne (Jo). She was very engaging and knowledgeable. Five hour tour was a perfect amount of time for us to see the sights we wanted.

Response from the operator: Hi Anita, thank you so much for the wonderful review! We’re delighted to hear that you had such a great time with Jo. She really enjoys bringing Munich’s history to life, and we’ll be sure to pass your kind words on to her. Five hours is a great way to see plenty of the city without feeling rushed, so we’re very pleased the tour worked so well for you. Thanks again for joining us, and we hope you took away some fantastic memories of Munich! Best, Taff :-)

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