Abstract
The annual Munich Oktoberfest in Munich is celebrated over a two-week
period and traditionally ends on the first Sunday in October. The
festival originated with a celebration of the marriage of the crown
prince of Bavaria and has been held on the Theresienwiese since 1810.
During National Socialism, the Oktoberfest was used as part of Nazi
propaganda and, in 1933, Jews were forbidden to work on the
Wiesn. In 1938, after the Annexation
of Austria and the Sudetenland, the Oktoberfest was renamed to
Großdeutsches Volksfest (Greater
German folk festival). During the Second World War, the Oktoberfest was
paused until it was resumed in 1949. In the following decades, it
developed into the largest folk festival in the world.