| Résumé: | Zwischen 1920 und 1929 wohnte Adolf Hitler als Untermieter der Familie Reichert im Haus Thierschstraße 41 im Münchner Stadtviertel Lehel. 1921 erwarb der jüdische Kaufmann Hugo Erlanger das Gebäude. Den Holocaust überlebte er nur, weil er mit einer Nichtjüdin verheiratet war. Nach dem Krieg beschrieb er das Verhältnis zu seinem prominenten Hausbewohner als freundlich und entspannt. Paul Hoser hat die Adresse, an der sich Hitlers politischer Aufstieg und ein jüdisches Schicksal kreuzten, genau in den Blick genommen und dabei neue Erkenntnisse über den sozialen Mikrokosmos des NSDAP-Führers, aber auch die Mühen der Münchner Restitutionspolitik gewonnen. At the end of March 1920, Adolf Hitler had to leave the army. He moved from the barracks to Thierschstraße 41, which is situated in the Lehel quarter of Munich. Here he lived as a subtenant. Hugo Erlanger, a Jewish textile salesman, lived in the same house, which he bought in late October 1921. Hitler remained there up until October 1929 when he changed to a more luxurious flat. Hitler often had received guests at Thierschstraße 41, many of whom would later become important leaders in the hierarchy of the Nazi Party. Hitler always treated Erlanger with courtesy. During the time of the Great Depression, Erlanger’s business suffered a severe crisis. He could no longer keep up with the mortgage payments to the municipal savings bank. In September 1934, an auction of the house was enforced. In other circumstances the auction could have been avoided. However, the city was determined to own the house which Hitler had once occupied. After “Reichskristallnacht”, Erlanger was sent to the Dachau concentration camp for four weeks. During the war he had to do forced labour. However, he was not deported due to his wife not being Jewish. After the war the city refused to return his house. Only in 1949 was Erlanger’s house finally returned to him - however Erlanger was obliged to take on the debts of the house, which left him in a difficult situation. This only improved in 1955 when he received compensation in the form of a pension for the loss of his business in 1938.
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