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Events on Tuesday 26 February 1924 1
1924Hitler tried for the Beer Hall PutschFailed 1923 coup leader gets lenient sentence and writes Mein Kampf in prisonAdolf Hitler stood trial in Munich from 26 February to 1 April 1924 for his role in the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch. Convicted of treason but sentenced to only five years, he served under nine months at Landsberg Prison, where he dictated much of Mein Kampf, and was released on 20 December 1924.