Karl Kuhn

Karl Kuhn

The Beer Hall Putsch (also known as the Munich Putsch German: Hitlerputsch or German: Hitler-Ludendorff-Putsch) was a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff, and other heads of the Kampfbund unsuccessfully attempted to seize power in Munich.

Read more about Karl Kuhn:  Background, The Putsch, Trial and Prison, Martyrdom

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