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What prison sentence did Adolf Hitler receive for the Beer Hall Putsch?
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Beer Hall Putsch
Nazi paramilitary troops participating in the Beer Hall Putsch, November 9, 1923.
For his role in the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years' imprisonment for high treason, which was the minimum sentence for the crime.12
However, he served only about nine months of this sentence at Landsberg fortress, as the court stipulated that the remainder of the sentence should be suspended. During his time in confinement, he began writing his political autobiography, Mein Kampf.12