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Munich is ruled by center-left [[SPD]] and its mayor is Christian Ude.<ref>http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtinfos/Statistik/Wahlen/kommunalwahl/Stadtratswahl.html</ref>

Munich is ruled by center-left [[SPD]] and its mayor is Christian Ude.<ref>http://www.muenchen.de/rathaus/Stadtinfos/Statistik/Wahlen/kommunalwahl/Stadtratswahl.html</ref>

In 2023, ruins were found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler.

In 2023, ruins were found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler.

{{Cquote|Eighty-five years after Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of Munich's main synagogue, construction workers have found rubble from the building in a nearby river. They uncovered columns from the synagogue and a stone tablet showing some of the Ten Commandments.The Jewish community and local figures are delighted with the discovery...

{{Cquote|Eighty-five years after Adolf Hitler ordered the destruction of Munich's main synagogue, construction workers have found rubble from the building in a nearby river. They uncovered columns from the synagogue and a stone tablet showing some of the Ten Commandments.The Jewish community and local figures are delighted with the discovery...

There had been no sign of the building since it was torn down in June 1938, after Hitler demanded its removal as an "eyesore". Five months later, Jews, synagogues and Jewish-run businesses were attacked across Nazi Germany in the deadly November pogrom widely known as Kristallnacht... The 90-year-old head of the Jewish community in Munich, Charlotte Knobloch, was thrilled by the discovery as she had worshipped in the old synagogue as a girl before it was destroyed... The stone tablet originally came from above.<ref>Paul Kirby, "[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66107481 Ruins found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler]." ''BBC News'', July 5, 2023. [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/125E7/production/_130293257_synagogue-top-alamyd73jrb.jpg.webp]. [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/DBAF/production/_130293265_synagogue-cropped.jpg.webp].</ref>}}

There had been no sign of the building since it was torn down in June 1938, after Hitler demanded its removal as an "eyesore". Five months later, Jews, synagogues and Jewish-run businesses were attacked across Nazi Germany in the deadly November pogrom widely known as [[Kristallnacht]]... The 90-year-old head of the Jewish community in Munich, Charlotte Knobloch, was thrilled by the discovery as she had worshipped in the old synagogue as a girl before it was destroyed... The stone tablet originally came from above.<ref>Paul Kirby, "[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66107481 Ruins found of Munich synagogue destroyed by Hitler]." ''BBC News'', July 5, 2023. [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/125E7/production/_130293257_synagogue-top-alamyd73jrb.jpg.webp]. [https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/800/cpsprodpb/DBAF/production/_130293265_synagogue-cropped.jpg.webp].</ref>}}