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| | Beerhall Putsch |
 | | On the evening of November 8, 1923, the Putsch began at the Bürgerbräukeller, where a large group of prominent Bavarians had gathered, among them Kahr, Lossow, and Seisser, as well as Hitler and Erich Ludendorff. |
 | | The former army general quartermaster, Ludendorff was the man who was mainly responsible for Germany's military policy and strategy in the latter years of World War I. For half an hour, Kahr had been reading a prepared speech to the crowd of 3,000 packed into the Burgerbräukeller, when Hitler made his grand entrance. |
 | | The next morning, a bitterly cold one, with the putsch rapidly crumbling, Hitler and Ludendorff decided on a demonstration march to Röhm’s rescue through the city. |
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