Footage of the 20th anniversary ceremony of the Beer hall putsch

From www.tracesofevil.blogspot.com

The penultimate time the Nazi regime honours the 16 'martyrs' killed during the so-called Munich beer hall Putsch in 1923.
On November 8, 1923, the Bavarian government held a meeting of about 3,000 officials. As Bavarian Prime Minister Gustav von Kahr was delivering a speech, Hitler and armed stormtroopers entered the building. Hitler jumped onto a table, fired two shots in the air and told the audience that the Munich Putsch was taking place and the National Revolution had began. Leaving Goering and the SA to guard the 3,000 officials, Hitler took Kahr, Otto von Lossow, commander of the Bavarian Army and Hans von Lossow, commandant of the Bavarian State Police into an adjoining room. He told them he was to be the new leader of Germany and offered them posts in his new government. Knowing this was high treason, the three men were initially reluctant to agree to this offer. Hitler was furious and threatened to shoot them and then commit suicide: "I have three bullets for you, gentlemen, and one for me!" This convinced them of his sincerity and they agreed.

Soon afterwards Eric Ludendorff arrived, having been leader of the German Army at the end of the First World War. He had therefore found Hitler's claim that the war had not been lost by the army but by Jews, Socialists, Communists and the German government, attractive, and was a strong supporter of the Nazi Party. He agreed to become head of the the German Army in Hitler's government.

Whilst Hitler had been appointing government ministers, Ernst Roehm seized the War Ministry and Rudolf Hess was arranging the arrest of Jews and left-wing political leaders in Bavaria. Hitler now planned to march on Berlin and remove the national government. Surprisingly, Hitler had not arranged for the stormtroopers to take control of the radio stations and the telegraph offices. This meant that the national government in Berlin soon heard about Hitler's putsch and gave orders for it to be crushed.

The next day Hitler, Ludendorff, Goering and 3,000 armed supporters of the NSDAP marched through Munich to join up with Roehm's forces at the War Ministry. At Odensplatz they found the road blocked by the Munich police. As they refused to stop, the police fired into the ground in front of the marchers. The stormtroopers returned the fire and during the next few minutes 21 people were killed and another hundred were wounded, included Goering.

When the firing started Adolf Hitler threw himself to the ground dislocating his shoulder. Hitler lost his nerve and ran to a nearby car. Although the police were outnumbered, the Nazis followed their leader's example and ran away. Only Eric Ludendorff and his adjutant continued walking towards the police.

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