The Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch) and Mein Kampf

• Attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr
• Supposed to be like Mussolini's March on Rome
• It fails
• Both Hitler and Gen. Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg Prison

Mein Kampf

• While in prison Hitler wrote Mein Kampf (My Struggle)
• Lebensraum - living space

• Anti-Semitism
• Anti-communist
• Need to re-arm and get rid of Versailles
• Rise of Aryan Race

Summary

In 1923, Hitler led the Munich Beer Hall putsch to try and spark a change in government. As a result, he was imprisoned in Landsberg prison and from that he wrote his book "Mein Kampf".