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Why did Gustav von Kahr, Otto von Lossow, and Hans Ritter von Seisser withdraw their support for Hitler?
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Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi paramilitary troops participating in the Beer Hall Putsch, November 9, 1923.
Gustav von Kahr, Otto von Lossow, and Hans Ritter von Seisser were coerced into supporting the Beer Hall Putsch on November 8, 1923, when Adolf Hitler and Erich Ludendorff seized them at gunpoint during a meeting at the BĂŒrgerbrĂ€ukeller in Munich.1
Hitler forced these men to publicly endorse his proclamation of a national revolution and his plan to march on Berlin. However, their support was entirely involuntary and temporary. As soon as they were released from Hitler's custody, they immediately disowned him and the coup attempt. Once free, the Bavarian authorities took energetic measures to counteract the rebels, ultimately using police forces to suppress the march on the following day.12