Peter Staudenmaier: Anschlag auf Rudolf Steiner?
02.Apr.2009 19:26 Uhr Abgelegt in:Anthroposophie
-Steiners disrupted lecture in Munich, May 1922-
Here is some of the background to the 1922 incident. Anthroposophists today sometimes claim, in standard conspiracist fashion, that it was an assassination attempt, and they often add that Steiner ceased his public appearances in Germany after this event. Those claims are inaccurate. What actually happened at Steiner's well-attended lecture on May 15, 1922 at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich was much less dramatic. According to eyewitness accounts by anthroposophists present at the time, a small group in the audience who were hostile toward anthroposophy interrupted the lecture with noise, turning out the lights, and similar tactics. Not only was there was no attempt on Steiner's life, he was not physically attacked, and the major disruptions did not take place until after he had left the stage.
Anthroposophist descriptions of the incident provide conflicting accounts of the perpetrators, with some blaming unidentified nationalist ruffians, some blaming Nazi agitators, others the Thule Society, and still others the Ludendorffers. The latter possibility seems most likely. There is no indication in the historical sources that Nazis were involved. The hotel where Steiner gave his lecture was an important gathering place for the far-right milieu in Munich at the time.
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Here is some of the background to the 1922 incident. Anthroposophists today sometimes claim, in standard conspiracist fashion, that it was an assassination attempt, and they often add that Steiner ceased his public appearances in Germany after this event. Those claims are inaccurate. What actually happened at Steiner's well-attended lecture on May 15, 1922 at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Munich was much less dramatic. According to eyewitness accounts by anthroposophists present at the time, a small group in the audience who were hostile toward anthroposophy interrupted the lecture with noise, turning out the lights, and similar tactics. Not only was there was no attempt on Steiner's life, he was not physically attacked, and the major disruptions did not take place until after he had left the stage.
Anthroposophist descriptions of the incident provide conflicting accounts of the perpetrators, with some blaming unidentified nationalist ruffians, some blaming Nazi agitators, others the Thule Society, and still others the Ludendorffers. The latter possibility seems most likely. There is no indication in the historical sources that Nazis were involved. The hotel where Steiner gave his lecture was an important gathering place for the far-right milieu in Munich at the time.
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