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How did Rudolf Hess help Adolf Hitler with Mein Kampf in prison?
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Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi paramilitary troops participating in the Beer Hall Putsch, November 9, 1923.
While imprisoned at Landsberg prison following the failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Rudolf Hess provided critical assistance to Adolf Hitler in the creation of his political autobiography, Mein Kampf.21
Hess, who had returned to the prison voluntarily after initially escaping to Austria, served as a scribe and editor for Hitler. He took down much of Hitler’s dictation and edited the manuscript, which outlined Hitler's political ideas and ambitions.123