▁P ione er ▁Battalion ▁ 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁he ▁worked ▁as ▁an ▁Inst ruct or ▁at ▁the ▁P ioni ersch ule ▁in ▁Mun ich , ▁and ▁got ▁to ▁know ▁Adolf ▁Hitler . ▁Lo eper ▁took ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁Be er ▁Hall ▁P utsch ▁of ▁ 9 ▁November ▁ 1 9 2 3 ▁and ▁aim ed ▁at ▁getting ▁the ▁P ioni ersch ule ▁to ▁fall ▁in ▁and ▁follow ▁Hitler ' s ▁orders . ▁After ▁the ▁put sch ▁failed , ▁Lo eper ▁was ▁dis charg ed ▁from ▁the ▁Reichs wehr ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁for ▁his ▁participation . ▁ ▁Naz i ▁Career ▁ ▁Lo eper ▁joined ▁the ▁NS D AP ▁( N azi ▁Party ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 . ▁He ▁moved ▁to ▁D ess au ▁and ▁first ▁led ▁the ▁Naz i ▁local ▁( Or ts gruppe ) ▁there . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁year ▁he ▁became ▁the ▁G au ' s ▁manager ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁end , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁G au le iter ▁of ▁the ▁G au ▁of ▁Mag de burg - An halt , ▁succeed ing ▁Hermann ▁Sch m isch ke . ▁Lo eper ▁gave ▁himself ▁over ▁to ▁building ▁the ▁Party ▁up ▁in ▁his ▁G au , ▁and ▁fought ▁against ▁the ▁Bau haus , ▁which ▁was ▁located ▁in ▁D ess au ▁at ▁that ▁time . ▁In ▁a ▁letter ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 0 ▁he ▁wrote ▁" as ▁the ▁Bau haus ▁belongs ▁to ▁Jerusalem ▁and ▁not ▁to ▁D ess