1923. "Beer pitch" in Munich
Adolf Hitler during the "beer coup". Photo: gcsehistory.org.uk 95 years ago, on November 8, 1923, the National Socialist Workers' Party, led by Adolf Hitler, tried to seize power in Munich, so that later from Bavaria to take a “campaign against Berlin” following the example of the “campaign to Rome” carried out. About 3,000 people gathered in the premises of the Munich "Burggerbrokeller", a huge beer hall to listen to the performance of the head of the Bavarian government of Gustav von Kara.