24 October 1929, Black Friday plunged the global economy into turmoil. The crisis Hitler had waited for was now at hand. It was no coincidence that at precisely that moment Hitler exchanged his humble lodgings in Thierschstrasse for a nine-room apartment on the second floor of Prinzregentenstrasse 16 in the upper-class district of Bogenhausen.175 The breakthrough to power seemed to be in reach, and Hitler needed a new domicile that would reflect his new status within German politics. 9 Dark Star Rising “In the past I have been a prophet in many things…at least concerning the big picture,”
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