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Georg Neithardt

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Georg Neithardt (31 January 1871 — 1 November 1941) was the district court director of the Munich People's Court in Germany's Weimar Republic.[1] In February and March 1924, Neithardt presided over the trial of Adolf Hitler, Erich Ludendorff, and eight additional leaders of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.[1]

Bayernbund meeting trial

In September 1921, Hitler was arrested after he and members of his SA paramilitary faction disrupted a Bayernbund meeting hosting the federalist Ballerstedt.[2] Neithardt presided over Hitler's trial, which sentenced Hitler to five years in prison. Hitler served nine months of his sentence.[2]

Beer Hall Putsch trial

Sympathetic to far-right politics in Germany,[1] Neithardt presided over the Beer Hall Putsch trial, which lasted from 26 February to 1 April 1924.[2] Neithardt treated Hitler, Ludendorff and other defendants on friendly terms, and referred to Ludendorff as "your excellency."[1] Hitler used the trial to propagandize against democracy in Germany and argued that his attempted coup-d'etat could not have been treason, if its aim was to negate the treason of Germany's armistice signed in 1918.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Eklkofer, Volker (23 February 2015). "The beginning of the end of democracy". Bayern Public Radio. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Bear, Ileen (2016). Adolf Hitler. Vij Books India.
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