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<text>
<title>
(Hitler) An Acquittal
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--Hitler Portrait
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
<hdr>
April 7, 1924
An Acquittal
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<p> There came an end to the treason trial at Munich.
</p>
<p> Feldmarschall Erich von Ludendorff (flagitious, inscrutable,
unrelenting) was acquitted of all blame for his part in the so-
called "Beer Hall" uprising* of last Fall.
</p>
<p> [On the evening of Nov. 8, 1923, Adolph Hitler, General
Ludendorff and their followers suddenly appeared before a
gathering of Bavarian officials in the Burgerbrau Kellar (famed
beer cellar), fired shots to obtain silence and dramatically
announced the overthrow of the Government, proclaiming themselves
dictators.]
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<p> The General appeared for his final day in court equipped in
full military regalia with numerous orders, decorations. His
acquittal was attributed to the strong feeling of favor which he
had worked up as result of making no attempt to hide his
Nationalistic sentiment. "Ludy" was unafraid. Last week, for
example, he told his judges that they themselves sat "before the
judgment of History, which does not send men who fought for the
Fatherland to a fortress, but to a Valhalla."
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<p> Adolph Hitler, the other prime investigator of the revolt,
together with former Chief of Police Poehner, was sentenced to
five years of confinement in a fortress and fined 200 gold marks.
Since it was 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 house-tops with wig-wagging deluged Hitler
and Ludendorff with floral tributes, cried out: "Down with Von
Kahr, Von Lessow, Selsser!"
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