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100“When Herr Hitler tackled us with pistol in hand,” HerrKahr testified, “I gave a sign to General Lossow and ColonelSeisser to take up the clue of the comedy.”“If His Excellency claims to have played a comedy,”Dr. Poehner retorted, “I must protect him against himself, asI have known him intimately for many years. I know thathe is a gentleman and not a crook.”The audience liked this. Not even Herr von Kahr‟sferocious glare and the repeated rappings of the presidentcould prevent a contagious spread of giggling.Ludendorff, in the armour of his fame and heavy-handedjustice, went after the scalp of Herr von Kahr and missed it.He was too clumsy and the shrewd dictator got the better ofhim by his tight-mouthed silence.But the General rose to the occasion after the comicelement had been exhausted.“The man standing before the seat of your judgment,”he exclaimed in a voice that brooked no opposition, “standsbefore history‟s seat of judgment. History‟s court sends menot to prison but to the Valhalla ... If the nationalistmovement fails in Germany her name will be stricken fromthe roll of nations.”Then he grew poetical:“Do you hear, gentlemen, Germany crying for her lostsoul?. . . Give the men who stand before you back to theGerman nation which it is their duty to teach. Not wordsbut deeds make world history.”Adolf Hitler, Dr. Poehner, Lieutenant-Colonel Kriebeland Dr. Weber were sentenced to five years imprisonment in