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In November 1923, Adolf Hitler and a group of armed conspirators attempted to seize power in Bavaria. They were halted by police at the Feldherrnhalle in Munich. Hitler was arrested and charged with high treason. The following year, he stood trial - and served eight months of a five-year sentence. The Hitler-Ludendorff Trial is a work of firsthand journalism, written and published before the events it describes had acquired their full historical significance. Lania covers the atmosphere of crisis-era Bavaria, the structure and conduct of the 1924 proceedings, and the legal questions raised by the verdict. His account reflects his own critical perspective on the Bavarian judiciary and the nationalist movement, and should be read as engaged reportage rather than neutral history. Now translated into English for the first time, this volume includes an editor's introduction, a chronology of key events from 1923 to 1924, and a biographical glossary of principal figures. An essential primary source for readers interested in the Weimar Republic, the early Nazi movement, and the political history of interwar Germany.

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