In a description of Ludendorff's funeral at the "Feldherrnhalle" in 1937 (which Hitler attended but without speaking) William L. Shirer wrote: "The World War hero [Ludendorff had refused to have anything to do with him ever since he had fled from in front of the Feldherrnhalle after the volley of bullets during the Beer Hall Putsch." However, when a consignment of papers relating to Landsberg prison (including the visitor book) were later sold at auction, it was noted that Ludendorff had visited Hitler a number of times. The case of the resurfacing papers was reported in "Der Spiegel" on 23 June 2006; the new information (which came out more than 30 years after Shirer wrote his book, and which Shirer did not have access to) nullifies Shirer's statement.