 Diary entries of mid-December 1923 forward show Goebbels was moving towards the "völkisch" nationalist movement.Goebbels first took an interest in Adolf Hitler and Nazism in March 1924.In February 1924, Hitler's trial for treason had begun in the wake of his failed attempt to seize power in Munich, Bavaria, during 8–9 November 1923 (this failed coup became known as the Beer Hall Putsch).