Why did Adolf Hitler begin his political movement in Munich?

Adolf Hitler began his political movement in Munich because the city served as a primary hub for right-wing political ferment and counterrevolutionary activity following World War I.12

In the aftermath of the war, Munich became a gathering place for dissatisfied former servicemen, members of the Freikorps, and political plotters who opposed the Weimar Republic. The region of Bavaria was characterized by traditional separatism and a strong dislike for the republican government in Berlin, creating an environment where extremist organizations could operate with relative impunity.13

Hitler, who had been working in Munich as an army political agent, joined the small German Workers’ Party there in 1919. He leveraged the city’s atmosphere of widespread discontent—fueled by the loss of the war and the severity of the peace terms—to build a mass movement. The local Bavarian government’s strained relationship with the national government and its tacit acceptance of paramilitary groups, such as the SA, provided the necessary protection and infrastructure for the early growth of the Nazi Party.13