Munich Beer Hall Putsch

Was an attempt by the Nazi party to start a revolution lead by Hitler and Erich Ludendorff. The Nazi party and the Hermann Göring’s Brown Shirts. They marched to the Odeonsplatz square in central Munich where the mob was fired upon and dispersed. When the police opened fire Hitler ran into a “yellow Opel parked nearby with its motor running”. Sixteen of the rioters, and three police men died.

Hitler seeing that the prosecutor and the Judge were sympathetic to his cause used the trial to voice his propaganda. His opening speech was over 4 hours, and the judge George Neithardt allowed Hitler to interrupt the proceedings as he saw fit. The prosecutor even praised Hitler often through out the trial.

Hitler was found guilty but given the minimum sentence for high treason. He prison was a low security facility, and was given an early parole. He only stayed for nine months

When the fighting broke out Hermann Göring was shot in the thigh. He was taken in by two Jewish women that cleaned his wounds during the day. That night he left their care to sneak over the boarder into Austria to avoid high treason charges.

While trying to escape into Austria after the Beer Hall Putsch he is stopped at the board and his passport taken. He was arrested and taken to a hospital in Garmisch to tend to his leg wound. Due to the seriousness of his wounded leg the police allowed him to stay in the hospital instead of being moved to jail - They allowed him to do this on his word that he would not try to escape. Nevertheless he puts on a fur coat on over his hospital gown and with the aid of a fake passport enters into Austria.

Once Herman Göring was in Austria he was admitted to a Catholic hospital where the preformed an operation on his leg wound. After the operation his leg became infected and the doctors started him on morphine shots to deal with the pain. During this time all of his assets were taken over by the German police so when he was released from the hospital he had nothing except money that his in-laws sent him.

Once Hitler was sentenced for 5 year for his high treason involvement in the Beer Hall Putsch Göring voiced discontentment against the German government. Austria did not approve of this so Göring quickly left for Italy where was offered him asylum. Göring travelled to Rome where he had a personal audience with Mussolini, and asked for a loan to him on behalf of the Nazi party which Mussolini declined.

Hermann Göring with no financial support in Italy leaves for Sweden to live with his wife Karin’s parents.

By now Hermann Göring's addiction to morphine was apparent in his appearance. While admitted to a hospital for treatment he attacked a nurse for not giving him more drugs. At this point he was placed in a straight jacked, declared mentally insane, and placed into Langbro Asylum for six months.

Since the Reichstag had voted to allow political exiles amnesty in 1925 Göring was free to enter back into Germany where he quickly entered back into the workings of the Nazi party.

When the Beer Hall Putsch goes south Hess flees into the mountains of Germany by the town of Tegernsee where he kidnaps two people in their house. Once the news comes that Hitler and the rest of his allies had been arrested Hess left his hostages and crosses the board into Austria.

After a short time in Austria Hess returns to Germany where he is put on trial and given eighteen months in jail. He is put into Landsburg prison with Hitler where together they write Mein Kampf.