Gustav Ritter von Kahr Politician

Gustav Ritter von Kahr (November 29, 1862 – June 30, 1934) was a German right-wing politician, active in the state of Bavaria. He was instrumental in the collapse and suppression of Adolf Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, and for those actions was brutally murdered more than ten years later in the Night of the Long Knives.

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Gustav Ritter von Kahr
Birth dateNovember 29, 1862
Birth place
Germany , Weißenburg in Bayern
Nationality
Germany
Date of deathJune 30, 1934
Place of death
Dachau
Residence
Bavaria

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