<P> In 1922 and early 1923, Hitler and the NSDAP formed two organizations that would grow to have huge significance . The first began as the Jungsturm Adolf Hitler and the Jugendbund der NSDAP; they would later become the Hitler Youth . The other was the Stabswache (Staff Guard), which in May 1923 was renamed the Stoßtrupp - Hitler (Shock Troop - Hitler). This early incarnation of a bodyguard unit for Hitler would later become the Schutzstaffel (SS). Inspired by Benito Mussolini's March on Rome in 1922, Hitler decided that a coup d'état was the proper strategy to seize control of the country . In May 1923, elements loyal to Hitler within the army helped the SA to procure a barracks and its weaponry, but the order to march never came . </P> <P> A pivotal moment came when Hitler led the Beer Hall Putsch, an attempted coup d'état on 8--9 November 1923 . Sixteen NSDAP members and four police officers were killed in the failed coup . Hitler was arrested on 11 November 1923 . Hitler was put on trial for high treason, gaining great public attention . </P> <P> The rather spectacular trial began in February 1924 . Hitler endeavored to turn the tables and put democracy and the Weimar Republic on trial as traitors to the German people . Hitler was convicted and on 1 April sentenced to five years' imprisonment at Landsberg Prison . Hitler received friendly treatment from the guards; he had a room with a view of the river, wore a tie, regular visitors to his chambers, was allowed mail from supporters and was permitted the use of a private secretary . Pardoned by the Bavarian Supreme Court, he was released from jail on 20 December 1924, against the state prosecutor's objections . </P> <P> Hitler used the time in Landsberg Prison to consider his political strategy and dictate the first volume of Mein Kampf (My Struggle; originally entitled Four and a Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity, and Cowardice), principally to his deputy Rudolf Hess . After the putsch the party was banned in Bavaria, but it participated in 1924's two elections by proxy as the National Socialist Freedom Movement . In the German election, May 1924 the party gained seats in the Reichstag, with 6.55% (1,918,329) voting for the Movement . In the German election, December 1924 the National Socialist Freedom Movement (NSFB) (Combination of the Deutschvölkische Freiheitspartei (DVFP) and the Nazi Party (NSDAP)) lost 18 seats, only holding on to 14 seats, with 3% (907,242) of the electorate voting for Hitler's party . </P>

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