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The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch, [1] [note 1] was a failed coup d'état by Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler, Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders in Munich, Bavaria, on 8–9 November 1923, during the period of the Weimar Republic.
Hitler briefly escaped the city but was arrested on 11 November 1923, [50] and put on trial for high treason, which gained him widespread public attention. [51] Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch. The trial began in February 1924. Hitler endeavored to turn the tables and put democracy and the Weimar Republic on trial as traitors to the German ...
In 1924 Adolf Hitler spent 264 days incarcerated in Landsberg after being convicted of treason following the Beer Hall Putsch in Munich the previous year. During his imprisonment, Hitler dictated and then wrote his book Mein Kampf with assistance from his deputy, Rudolf Hess.
Hitler began Mein Kampf while imprisoned following his failed coup in Munich in November 1923 and a trial in February 1924 for high treason, in which he received a sentence of five years. Although he received many visitors initially, he soon devoted himself entirely to the book.
Adolf Hitler [a] (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, [c] becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.
26 February – The trial of Adolf Hitler for the Beer Hall Putsch begins and will last until 1 April. 3 March – Germany signs a treaty of friendship with Turkey (ruled by Atatürk since October 1923) 4 May – German federal election. 26 May – Wilhelm Marx's government resigns after negotiations break down for a coalition.
Adolf Hitler is sentenced to 5 years in Landsberg Prison in Germany for his participation in the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch (he serves less than 9 months). The first revenue flight for Belgium's Sabena Airlines takes place. April 6 – Italian general election, 1924: Fascists win the elections in Italy with a two-thirds majority.
December 20, 1924: Adolf Hitler (far left) and Hermann Kriebel (center) released from Landsberg Prison after 13 months incarceration, followed by Rudolf Hess (fourth) on December 30. The following events occurred in December 1924: