Word: kahr
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...understood, however, that he will be obliged to serve only six months-and then receive a parole for good behavior, his followers received the verdict with loud approval, signalled it from the housetops with wigwagging, deluged Hitler and Ludendorff with floral tributes, cried out: "Down with Von Kahr, Von Lossow, Seisser...
...show cause why they should not be decapitated, hung or otherwise extinguished for high treason? They say, in effect: "We were not the only ones. The highest Bavarian officials were in the plot, but got out when they thought it would fail. One of them was Dr. von Kahr, former Bavarian Dictator; another was the Commander of the reserve corps (Reichswehr), General Von Lossow. Another was Colonel von Seissermann, Munich police-chief. So there...
...plot to restore the monarchy. But the conspirators disagreed. Hitler and Ludendorff wanted to march to Berlin to restore the Hohenzollerns. The others wanted to stay in Munich and restore the Wittelsbach House (Prince Rupprecht) to royal power. When Ludendorff finally refused to support the Wittelsbach idea, Dictator von Kahr and his friends deserted the conspiracy...
...following the second session, Herr Stenglein, State Prosecutor, became infuriated and dropped the case for the prosecution when Herr Kohl, one of the lawyers for the defense, demanded that von Kahr, von Lossow and von Seissermann be arraigned with Ludendorff, Hitler and the lesser heroes now being tried. After a lapse of two days he was persuaded to take the case again...
Herr Hitler, taking up the main line of the defense, attempted to show that von Kahr, ex-Dictator of Bavaria, and Reichswehrgeneral von Lossow were inculpated. As this pointed to Bavarian Prince Ruprecht himself the trial was temporarily closed to the public...