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===Honoring the victims===
In Munich on 9 November, the annual guard of honour for the sixteen "blood martyrs" of the [[Nazi Party|NSDAP]] who died in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923 was held at the [[Feldherrnhalle]] as usual. Two days later, at the same location, an official ceremony for the victims of the Bürgerbräukeller bombing took place. Hitler returned from Berlin to stand before seven flag-draped coffins as Rudolf Hess addressed the SA guard, the onlookers, and listeners to ''Grossdeutsche Rundfunk'' ("Greater German Radio"). In his half-hour oration, Hess was not short on hyperbole:

{{Blockquote|At this time the German people take their sad leave of the victims of a gruesome crime, a crime almost unparalleled in history&nbsp;... The perpetrators of this crime have succeeded in teaching the German people to hate&nbsp;... this enormous crime, this war which was forced upon us, will turn out in favor of the Führer, in favor of Germany—in favor of Germany and the entire world.}}

After "''[[Ich hatt' einen Kameraden|Der gute Kamerad]]''" was played, Hitler placed a wreath of [[chrysanthemum]]s on each coffin, then stepped back to lift his arm in the [[Nazi salute]]. The very slow playing of "[[Deutschlandlied|''Deutschland über alles'']]" ended the solemn ceremony.<ref name="Hellmut G 2013"/>