Nazi party's leader Adolf Hitler is seen in Landsberg prison in 1924. Hitler was arrested and tried for high treason 26 February 1924 following the Beer-Hall putsch that he committed together with General Ludendorff and local nationalist groups. On 08 November 1923, Hitler and 2000 Nazis marched through the streets of Munich to take over a meeting at the Munich Beer Hall and made an abortive attempt to seize power in Munich. It was while serving his prison sentence at Landsberg that he wrote his autobiographical book "Mein Kampf".
Berlin, Dec 22 (AP) Historical documents show Adolf Hitler enjoyed special treatment, including plentiful supplies of beer, during his time in Landsberg prison.
The Nazi leader was imprisoned there following the unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, when Hitler tried to seize power in Bavaria.
German historian Peter Fleischmann, who heads the Bavarian state archives in Nuremberg, says a review of prison records reveals Hitler and fellow members of the Nazi Party "had their path greased for them" compared to other inmates.
Fleischmann said today the records, some of which were missing for decades, show Hitler received 330 visitors during his year at Landsberg.
Fleischmann's 552-page book also appears to confirm a British WWII-era joke about Hitler. Medical records from his arrival in Landsberg state he suffered from unilateral cryptorchidism, an undescended right testicle.
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