West Germany today, finally outlawed the “Ludendorff Movement,” a violently anti-Semitic group led by Mathilde Ludendorff, the fanatical 83-year-old widow of General Erich Ludendorff who marched with Adolf Hitler in the streets of Munich in the abortive Nazi putsch of 1923. He died in 1937.
The group was outlawed after the Ministries of Interior of the ten West German states declared the movement unconstitutional under postwar law. In a coordinated action, the ten Ministries searched the homes and offices of 131 of the organization’s leaders for incriminating material. The home of Mrs. Ludendorff was among those searched. There were no arrests.
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