He was sentenced a 5 year sentence, and only served about a year of it. Why?
2007-04-10 14:09:22 · 8 answers · asked by kimothy_ann 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
he was sent to prison b/c he attempted to seize power of the government in 1923ish, known as the beer hall putsch. i believe i heard somewhere that he was pardonned.
for those of you confused, this all happened before he became dictator and wwII.
2007-04-10 14:17:28 · answer #1 · answered by fallout_girl05 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Hitler was arrested for his "Beer Hall Putsch" (sometimes called the "Hitler Putsch" or "Munich Putsch"), an attempt to seize power from the Bavarian government and to march on Berlin (like Mussoloine had done to Rome) on November 1923.
"During Hitler's trial, sympathetic magistrates allowed Hitler to turn his coup debacle into a propaganda triumph. He was given almost unlimited time to speak, and his popularity soared as he voiced nationalistic sentiments. A Munich personality became a nationally known figure. On 1924-04-01 Hitler was sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Landsberg Prison. Hitler received favoured treatment from the guards and had much fan mail from admirers. He was pardoned and released from jail in December 1924, after serving only nine months of his sentence, or just over a year if time on remand is included." (While at Landsberg he dictated "Mein Kampf" to his deputy Rudolf Hess.)
"The Beer Hall Putsch" in "Adolf Hitler", Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#The_Beer_Hall_Putsch
"His trial began on 1924-02-26 and Hitler, along with Hess was sentenced to five years in Festungshaft (literally, "fortress confinement") for treason. "Festungshaft" was a type of jail that excluded forced labor, featured reasonably comfortable cells, and allowed the prisoner to receive visitors almost daily for many hours. It was the customary sentence for people whom the judge believed to have had honourable but misguided motives."
"Beer Hall Putsch", Wikipedia :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch
2007-04-10 14:35:34 · answer #2 · answered by Erik Van Thienen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For trying to seize control of the government and overthrow it in 1923 in Munich became known as the Beer Hall Putsch. He was released I believe for good behavior and the government made him promise not to attempt another coup. That is when the Nazi party decided to gain control of Germany through te ballot box instead and was quite successful. While in prison Hitler dictated and Rudolf Hess wrote Mein Kampf(My Struggle) which was the outline for things to come.
2007-04-10 14:28:10 · answer #3 · answered by chellyk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was sentenced to prison because of the Beerhall putsch of 1923 and he was released after about a year because of the people who was beginning to come to him and he was favored among the guards. It was also believed that he would lose that popularity because he was regarded as not dangerous but misguided. He was granted release due to good behavior.
2007-04-11 03:20:07 · answer #4 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was sent to prison for atempting to overthrow the government of germany at the time and well i guess 4 months is just german legislature. Durring that time in jail he wrote Mien Kampf which is about 700 pages
2007-04-10 14:27:41 · answer #5 · answered by curriositykilledthecat 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Is this something they're teaching in IRAN?
Sheeesh!
Are you speaking of someone other than Adolph Hitler?
2007-04-10 14:14:38 · answer #6 · answered by ed 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
oh yea... now i remember. I admit defeat to a superior answer.
2007-04-10 14:14:00 · answer #7 · answered by Cow 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhitler.htm
info here about that
2007-04-10 14:19:16 · answer #8 · answered by eldude 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋