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How did the Beer Hall Putsch influence Hitler’s later treatment of Gustav von Kahr?
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Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi paramilitary troops participating in the Beer Hall Putsch, November 9, 1923.
The Beer Hall Putsch of November 1923 significantly influenced Adolf Hitler’s later treatment of Gustav, Ritter von Kahr. During the coup, Hitler seized Kahr—who was then serving as the Bavarian state commissioner—and forced him to support a national revolution. However, once Kahr was freed, he disowned Hitler and took measures to suppress the uprising, which led to the failure of the putsch and Hitler's subsequent arrest.12
Hitler harbored deep resentment toward Kahr for this betrayal. This animosity culminated in 1934, when Hitler took his revenge by having Kahr murdered during the Night of the Long Knives, a violent purge conducted by the Nazi regime on June 30, 1934.2