The Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch) and Mein Kampf
- 1923 Munich/Beer Hall Putsch
- An attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr
- Supposed to be like Mussolini's March on Rome
- It fails
- Both Hitler and General Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg Prison
- While in prison Hitler wrote Mein Kampf with the help of Rudolf Hess
- He outlines the future of Nazism in the book including
- Lebensraum
- Anti-Semitism
- Anti-communist
- Need to re-arm and get rid of Versailles
- The rise of the Aryan race
Summary
In 1923, Hitler led the Munich Beer Hall putsch in an attempt to change the government in Germany. It was however unsuccessful and as a result Hitler was imprisoned in Landsberg, and from their he wrote his book "Mein Kampf" with the help of Rudolf Hess.