: Hitler began the first volume in 1924 while serving a sentence for high treason at Landsberg Prison following the failed Beer Hall Putsch .
: He dictated much of the text to his deputy, Rudolf Hess .
: The first volume, Die Abrechnung ("A Reckoning"), was published on July 18, 1925 ; the second, Die Nationalsozialistische Bewegung ("The National Socialist Movement"), followed in 1926. Core Ideologies The book outlines the fundamental pillars of Nazism: