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Adolf Hitler Part 5: The Stormtroopers Arrive

Real Dictators

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Hitler and the Bavarian League

In September 1921, Hitler leads a contingent of SA shock troops to the Leuvenbruchlele. The Bavarian League leader and engineer called Otto Ballersted steps up to address his audience. A brawl breaks out with Hitler and his men in police custody. He will be sentenced to three months in jail, though he'll serve just one month behind bars. Two months later, with Hitler out of prison, they're at it again. Another drunken brawl breaks out between the Nazis and their enemies, this time the Communists.

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