Beer Hall Putsch

Beer Hall Putsch

 or Munich Putsch

(Nov. 8–9, 1923) Unsuccessful attempt by Adolf Hitler to start an insurrection in Germany against the Weimar Republic. On Nov. 8, 1923, Hitler and his men pushed their way into a right-wing political meeting in a Munich beer hall and obtained agreement that the leaders there should join in carrying the “revolution” to Berlin. The next day, some 3,000 Nazis marched toward the Marienplatz but were met by police gunfire. Hitler was subsequently sentenced to five years in prison for treason; he served only eight months, time he spent writing Mein Kampf.

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Beer Hall Putsch

early, aborted Nazi coup (1923). [Ger. Hist.: Hitler, 198–241]

See : Rebellion