Martin Faust
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Martin Faust was a bank clerk who participated in Adolf Hitler
's failed coup, the Beer Hall Putsch
. In the stand off between the Nazis and the police, Faust was killed by police bullets. Hitler dedicated his book Mein Kampf
to him and the other "matyred" Nazis who died then.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...
's failed coup, the Beer Hall Putsch
Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed attempt at revolution that occurred between the evening of 8 November and the early afternoon of 9 November 1923, when Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff, and other heads of the Kampfbund unsuccessfully tried to seize power...
. In the stand off between the Nazis and the police, Faust was killed by police bullets. Hitler dedicated his book Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf is a book written by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. It combines elements of autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology. Volume 1 of Mein Kampf was published in 1925 and Volume 2 in 1926...
to him and the other "matyred" Nazis who died then.