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How long did Adolf Hitler serve in prison after the Beer Hall Putsch?

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Nazi SS troops march in formation carrying banners with swastikas and eagles at the 1933 Party Day rally in Nuremberg, Germany, with trees in the background. — Third Reich A Nazi Party rally at Nürnberg, Germany, in 1933.

Following the failed Beer Hall Putsch in November 1923, Adolf Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison for high treason. However, he served only about nine months of this sentence at the fortress of Landsberg. During his time there, he lived in relative comfort and began writing his political autobiography, Mein Kampf.12