Hitler with Ludendorff around the time of Beer Hall Putsch Trial. The Beer Hall Putsch was a failed attempt by the Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler with Generalquartiermeister Erich Ludendorff and other Kampfbund leaders to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, during November 8-9, 1923. Around 2000 men marched to the center of Munich and, in the ensuing confrontation with police forces, sixteen Nazis and four policemen were killed. Hitler was arrested two days later and was charged with treason. The failure of the putsch brought Hitler his first national publicity. He was arrested and, after a 24 day trial, sentenced to five years in Landsberg fortress. On December 20, 1924, having served only nine months, he was released.