Gustav von Kahr

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Gustav von Kahr was a conservative Bavarian politician and state commissioner whose opposition to Adolf Hitler played a key role in the failure of the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch.

Aliases (2)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bavarian politician
human
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Bavarian government
appointedOn 1923-09-26
burialPlace Munich
causeOfDeath beating
country Bavaria
countryOfCitizenship German Empire
Germany
dateOfBirth 1862-11-29
dateOfDeath 1934-06-30
educatedAt Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich NERFINISHED
era Weimar Republic
familyName von Kahr
givenName Gustav
hasHonorificPrefix Dr.
ideology monarchism
killedBy SS
killedIn Night of the Long Knives
knownFor leading conservative opposition to Hitler in Bavaria
livedIn Munich
mannerOfDeath homicide
memberOf Bavarian People’s Party
nationality German
nativeLanguage German
notableFor role in the failure of the Beer Hall Putsch
occupation lawyer
politician
opposedTo Adolf Hitler
National Socialism
ordered suppression of the Beer Hall Putsch
participatedIn Beer Hall Putsch
placeOfBirth Weissenburg in Bayern
placeOfDeath Dachau concentration camp
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld Bavarian Minister of Justice
Bavarian State Commissioner with dictatorial powers
Generalstaatskommissar in Bavaria
Minister-President of Bavaria
reasonForMurder revenge for his role in stopping the Beer Hall Putsch
religion Roman Catholicism
roleInEvent resisted Hitler during Beer Hall Putsch
sexOrGender male
wasTargetOf Nazi purge
workedOn strengthening Bavarian autonomy
workLocation Munich

Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Nacht der langen Messer ("Gustav Ritter von Kahr")
Night of the Long Knives ("Gustav Ritter von Kahr")
target
Nacht der langen Messer ("Gustav Ritter von Kahr")
Operation Hummingbird ("Gustav Ritter von Kahr")
victim
Gustav von Kahr ("von Kahr")
familyName
Beer Hall Putsch
hasParticipant

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