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or you can get all of History Daily plus other fantastic history podcasts at IntoHistory.com. It's the afternoon of November 8, 1923, in Munich, Germany.

23-year-old Heinrich Himmler shoves his way through a crush of bodies.

The air around him rings with chants and angry shouts as thousands of men

march through the city. Ahead at the front of the crowd, Himmler can just see the distinctive figure

of Adolf Hitler, raising his arm and urging them all forward. Himmler is a member of the Nazi party,

a radical right-wing group that has emerged in Germany after its defeat in World War

1. Today, Himmler has joined 2,000 other Nazis in Munich to interrupt a meeting of the city council,

which is gathering inside a local beer hall. But when the crowd reaches the hall, they find the doors

locked. For a moment, there's hesitation.

And Hitler gives the word and the mob explodes forward, splintering the doors.

Himmler is almost knocked off his feet as the crowd streams into the building.

On the stage at the front of the auditorium inside, the startled council leader pauses proceedings and angrily orders Himmler and the other

Nazis to leave. But then the council leader's breath catches as he turns. In the corner of the room,

brown uniformed Nazis lock a machine gun into place. Around the hall, more men move, silent and

deliberate, sealing off the exits. The counselors and observers

erupt in protest as they realize what's going on. This is not a protest, it's a coup.

The Beer Hall Putsch is Adolf Hitler's first attempt to seize power in Germany.

It ends in less than 24 hours after police and revolutionaries meet in a violent confrontation.

Hitler is then arrested and sent to prison.

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