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Palm Sunday Putsch
1920 failed coup in the Weimar Republic / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Palm Sunday Putsch was an attempt by the Republican Protection Force under the command of Alfred Seyffertitz [de] to overthrow the Bavarian Soviet Republic and to restore the government of Johannes Hoffmann, which had fled to Bamberg, that was appointed by the Landtag of Bavaria.
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![]() Public order on the issue of arms on 14 April 1919, signed by the city commandant Rudolf Egelhofer; one of the first measures of the new communist leadership of the Council Republic after the foiled Palm Sunday Putsch | |||||||
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The putsch failed due to resistance from the Munich Red Army under the command of Rudolf Egelhofer. The success of the militia led to a second communist dominated phase of the Soviet Republic around figures such as Eugen Levine and Max Levien and away from pacifist and anarchist intellectuals. In the aftermath of the putsch, Rudolf Egelhofer was appointed city commandant of Munich.