beer-hall putsch

Adolf Hitler's Storm Troopers outside the ministry of war at the time of the Munich Putsch. The failed attempt to overthrow the Bavarian government led to Hitler's imprisonment and the martyrdom of the 16 Nazi demonstrators killed by the police.

Unsuccessful uprising at Munich led by Adolf Hitler, attempting to overthrow the government of Bavaria in November 1923. More than 2,000 Nazi demonstrators were met by armed police, who opened fire, killing 16 of Hitler's supporters. At the subsequent trial for treason, General Ludendorff, who had supported Hitler, was acquitted. Hitler was sentenced to prison, where he wrote Mein Kampf.