After a hiatus during the COVID years, there was great demand for the much beloved Sydney Grammar School Battlefields Tour. So great, in fact, that we took two groups, one starting in Paris, the other in Istanbul.
One highlight of the trip was both groups meeting in the middle in Munich at the world famous Hofbräuhaus, a traditional Bavarian beer hall. Not far away, we saw the white chalk outline of a body on the pavement. Here, marked for posterity, was the spot where Kurt Eisner was assassinated in 1919. His death led to a period of radical instability: some historians argue that it paved the way for Adolf Hitler’s election as Führer of the Nazi Party in 1921 during a meeting at that same Hofbräuhaus. Our learning in Munich cemented our understanding of the interwar years between First World War and Second World War, conflicts which shaped the itinerary of our tour from Gallipoli through Greece to Germany, France and Belgium, a Napoleonic stop at Waterloo, and the Western Front.
Pictured: Commonwealth War Grave
