Hitler's attempted Putsch in Munich

© interorbis Hitler with adherents during the attempted putsch in Munich

Adolf Hitler, the „Führer“ of the National Socialists, attempts to take power: On the evening of 8 November 1923 in the cellar restaurant of Munich’s Bürgerbräu Haus, he calls for a „national revolution“ in reaction to the communist turmoil spreading throughout the country and declares the Bavarian government and the Reich government in Berlin to be deposed. The following morning several thousand „brown shirts“ led by Hitler and former general Erich Ludendorff, who still supported him at the time, begin a demonstration march through Munich. The attempted putsch, which the Nazis will later glorify as the „March to the Feldherrenhalle,“ is dispersed by a hail of bullets from the police. Four police officers and 14 putschists die in the exchange of gunfire. Hitler is arrested and indicted soon after for high treason. In February 1924, he is sentenced to five years imprisonment.

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