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Journey Through Time

27. The Trial That Made Hitler Famous (Ep 2)

Journey Through Time

Goalhanger

History

4.3595 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

How did Hitler get caught after leading the failed Beer Hall Putsch, which killed 20 people? Why was he allowed to turn his 24 day trial into a piece of internationally received political theatre? How did a botched coup become a dangerous Nazi myth? Join Sarah Churchwell and David Olusoga as they explore how Hitler’s trial for the notorious Beer Hall Putsch catapulted him into the limelight.  Email: journeythroughtime@goalhanger.com  X: @ThroughTimePod Blue Sky: @ThroughTimePod Instagram: @ThroughTimePod Social Producer: Emma Jackson Assistant Producer: Alice Horrell Producer: Callum Hill Senior Producer: Dom Johnson Exec Producer: Tony Pastor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Welcome to Journey Through Time. I'm Sarah Churchill. And I'm David Olushooga.

0:51.6

Now, David, I'm going to read a very, very short article that appeared in the New York Times on December 21st, 1924.

1:01.4

It's just one paragraph long.

1:03.7

But the date is significant because the day before the article came out on December 20th, 1924,

1:10.9

that was the day that Adolf Hitler was released from Landsberg Prison

1:15.2

after serving 13 months for launching an attempted coup against the German government,

1:21.2

the infamous Beer Hall Putsch of 1923.

1:24.8

So the New York Times writes an article about his release. And the headline is,

1:31.0

this article is rich with historical irony. The headline is Hitler tamed by prison, released on

1:38.8

parole, he is expected to return to Austria. And this is what the article says.

1:51.0

Adolf Hitler, once the demigod of the reactionary extremists, was released on parole from imprisonment at Fortress Landsberg, Bavaria, today, and immediately left from Munich.

1:56.7

He looked a much sadder and wiser man today than last spring, when he, with Ludendorf and other radical extremists, appeared before Munich court, charged with conspiracy to overthrow the government.

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