Visible in the distance, on the far left side of this photograph of Königsplatz, are the Helden Temples, or Ehrentempels. The Temples were situated between the Führerbau on the left--Hitler’s headquarters in Munich--and the Verwaltungsbau on the right, which served as the Nazi Party Headquarters. Each of these two open-air memorials contained the coffins of eight Nazis who had been killed in the Beer Hall Putsch on November 9, 1923. The Verwaltungsbau later became the Munich Collecting Point and is visible in the center of the photograph.

Two American officers are standing in one of the Temples during the summer of 1945. Note the coffins in the foreground and the destruction to the building behind them.

In 1947, Allied Forces destroyed both Temples along with all other monuments honoring the Nazi party and its members. However, visitors can still see each of the foundations of the Temples beneath the unkempt shrubs by driving to the intersection of Meiserstrasse/Arcisstrasse (this is the same street; to the south it is Meiserstrasse and to the north it is Arcisstrasse) and Briennerstrasse.