Beer Hall Putsch
November 8–9, 1923 · Munich
Failed coup of 8-9 November 1923 in Munich, Bavaria, led by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and General Erich Ludendorff against Germany's Weimar government. After storming the Burgerbraukeller beer hall, some two thousand Nazis marching on the Feldherrnhalle were stopped by a police cordon, leaving 15 Nazis, four police officers and one bystander dead. Hitler was arrested, tried for treason, and sentenced to five years in Landsberg Prison, where he dictated Mein Kampf; after nine months' imprisonment he turned to pursuing power through legal means.
Key people
Adolf Hitler
Nazi Party and allies
Hermann Göring
Nazi Party and allies
Heinrich Himmler
Nazi Party and allies
Rudolf Hess
Nazi Party and allies
Ernst Röhm
Nazi Party and allies
Erich Ludendorff
Ernst Pöhner
belligerent leader · Nazi Party and allies
Max Erwin von Scheubner-Richter
belligerent leader · Nazi Party and allies
Eugen von Knilling
belligerent leader · Bavarian government
Gustav Ritter von Kahr
belligerent leader · Bavarian government
Participants
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Nazi Party
Nazi Party and allies
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Germany
Bavarian government
