It must be true! It was in the New York Times!

[reynardo]

HITLER TAMED BY PRISON

Released on Parole, He is Expected to Return to Austria

Copyright, 1924 by The New York Times Company

Berlin, Dec 20.--Adolph Hitler, once the demi-god of the reactionary ex-
tremists, was released on parole from imprisonment at Fortress Landsberg,
Bavaria, today and immediately left in an auto for Munich. He looked a much
sadder and wiser man today than last Spring when he, with Lundendorff and
other radical extremists, appeared before a Munich court charged with con-
spiracy to overthrow the Government. His behaviour during imprisonment con-
vinced the authorities that, like his political organization, known as the
Völkischer, was no longer to be feared. It is believed he will retire to private
life and return to Austria, the country of his birth.

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Comments

[nefaria.livejournal.com]

Moral of story: when in prison, be nice so they'll let you out.

[the-funkmeister.livejournal.com]

Why am I imagining the Bugs Bunny catchphrase:

"they don't know him we-ery well, do they"

When I read this? :)

[tcpip.livejournal.com]

... where he will become a frustrated artist and return with a vengeance.