Consequences of the Putsch

• Hitler was found guilty in his 1924 trial for treason, but the judge was a Nationalist sympathiser and gave him only five years in prison of which Hitler only served 9 months
• The NSDAP was banned, although this was lifted in February 1925.
• Hitler used his time in prison to change his strategy from gaining power through violent protest to winning power through democratic elections.
• He also used the time to write his memoirs, ‘Mein Kampf
• Hitler gained national publicity during his trial
• The Nazis won 32 seats in their first election in May 1924 (under a different name as they were technically banned) to begin their new strategy