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-£50- . . , 7. • • - Putqch and eeiae the reiafl of so^fttftiqfcrt* Tba Futaoh failsd wad Hitler"a conduct during i t has beeftthe subject of mich conment. There are a number of ver&ioW cone am ing what happened* So«e report that when the troops fixed on than Hitler fell to tbe ground and crawled through an alley which carried hla to pafety while LudendorfJf, Roeha wad Goerittg marched ahead* Same claim that he stumbledt others that be knotted down by hia bodyguard mflio wap killed* The Naii ie that he stopped to pick up a snail child who had run out into the street and bean knocked downl lears later they produced a child on the aaniTer&ary of the event to prove the etoryl From a pfiychological point of view i t would appear that he turned coward on this occasion and that he did fall down and crawl away from the scene of activities, Although he had usurped considerable power and had ran son to have faith in his new cb&rtfcter, i t 3»ems unlikely that i t w&o eufficient for bin to actually engage the recognised authority in physical coabat. Hid Attitude towarda xecoguised supericra and authority .. . In KAneral would sake such a direct attack Improbable. Furthsr- his reactions after hie eac&pe would *een to indicat* i that his n*w role had temporarily failed* He went into a deep clepresbion and waa reatrainvd froa eonmitting auicid* only by conatant reaamiranaerj- *ffltir* h* ^^jtakwd to lAndeberg prison he went on a hungnr etrilrt' soi = refused I^?*** r*>r three • ; ' S V ' : , : - : * -. 4-: .• 1 REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES