Editing Rudolf Steiner (section)

=== Attacks, illness, and death ===
The [[National Socialist German Workers Party]] gained strength in Germany after the First World War. In 1919, a political theorist of this movement, [[Dietrich Eckart]], attacked Steiner and suggested that he was a Jew.<ref name="Werner">{{cite book | last=Werner | first=Uwe | title=Anthroposophen in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus (1933-1945) | publisher=De Gruyter Oldenbourg | publication-place=München | date=1999 | isbn=978-3-486-56362-7 | oclc=41300713 | language=de | page=7}}</ref> In 1921, [[Adolf Hitler]] attacked Steiner on many fronts, including accusations that he was a tool of the Jews.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hitler Attacks Rudolf Steiner |url=http://www.defendingsteiner.com/sources/hitler-steiner.php |website=www.defendingsteiner.com}}</ref> That same year, Steiner warned against the disastrous effects it would have for Central Europe if the National Socialists came to power.<ref name="Werner" />{{rp|8}} In 1922 a lecture Steiner was giving in Munich was disrupted when stink bombs were let off and the lights switched out, while people rushed the stage apparently attempting to attack Steiner, who exited safely through a back door.<ref>Rudolf Steiner, ''The Esoteric Aspect of the Social Question: The Individual and Society'', Steinerbooks, p xiv and see also Lindenberg, ''Rudolf Steiner: Eine Biographie'', pp. 769–70</ref><ref>"Riot at Munich Lecture", New York Times, 17 May 1922.</ref> Unable to guarantee his safety, Steiner's agents cancelled his next lecture tour.<ref name=GL/>{{rp|193}}<ref>Marie Steiner, Introduction, in Rudolf Steiner, ''Turning Points in Spiritual History'', Dornach, September 1926.</ref> The 1923 [[Beer Hall Putsch]] in Munich led Steiner to give up his residence in Berlin, saying that if those responsible for the attempted coup ([[Hitler]]'s [[Nazi]] party) came to power in Germany, it would no longer be possible for him to enter the country.<ref>Wiesberger, [http://www.anthroposophy.com/aktuelles/wiesberger.html Die Krise der Anthroposophischen Gesellschaft 1923] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090606014838/http://www.anthroposophy.com/aktuelles/wiesberger.html |date=6 June 2009 }}</ref>

From 1923 on, Steiner showed signs of increasing frailness and illness. He nonetheless continued to lecture widely, and even to travel; especially towards the end of this time, he was often giving two, three or even four lectures daily for courses taking place concurrently. Many of these lectures focused on practical areas of life such as education.<ref name="ReferenceA">Lindenberg, Christoph, ''Rudolf Steiner: Eine Biographie'' Vol. II, Chapter 52. {{ISBN|3-7725-1551-7}}</ref>

[[File:Rudolf Steiner Grabmal Dornach.jpg|thumb|right|Steiner's gravestone at the Goetheanum]]
Increasingly ill, he held his last lecture in late September, 1924. He continued work on his autobiography during the last months of his life; he died at Dornach on 30 March 1925.