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Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi paramilitary troops participating in the Beer Hall Putsch, November 9, 1923.
The Beer Hall Putsch, which took place in Munich on November 8–9, 1923, was led by Adolf Hitler and General Erich Ludendorff.12
The event was an unsuccessful attempt by the Nazi Party to seize control of the Bavarian state government, with the ultimate goal of triggering a nationwide insurrection against the Weimar Republic.32