The next morning, 9 November 1923, Hitler and Ludendorff were marching with approximately 2000 partly armed supporters through Munich in a show of strength. They were stopped by Bavarian armed and police forces. In the ensuing fight at least 14 Nazi supporters, three police men, were killed, and hundreds wounded. Ludendorff handed himself over to the authorities, while Hitler fled soon after the fighting began. Hitler was arrested a few days later at a friends house, were had been in hiding since the failed coup. Ludendorff was acquitted from all charges, while Hitler was sentenced to 5 years in prison. In Landsberg prison Hitler wrote his book ''[[Mein Kampf]]''. He was already released in 1924, after one year of prison.<ref>http://history1900s.about.com/cs/thirdreich/a/beerhallputsch_2.htm</ref><ref>http://www.historyplace.com/worldwar2/timeline/putsch2.htm</ref>
While in Landsberg prison Hitler became a close personal friend of an openly [[gay]] Nazi party member, [[Ernst Rohm]]. Hitler knew of and tolerated his deputy's [[sexual orientation]], and Rohm later became head of the [[Stormtroopers]], or SA, which catapulted Hitler into power in 1933.
==Election of 1933==