Editing Gregor Strasser (section)

===Nazi Party activities===
By 1920, Strasser, and his paramilitary group had joined forces with [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Nazi Party]] (NSDAP), another [[far-right politics|far-right]] political party seated in [[Munich]].{{sfn|Evans|2004|p=202}}{{sfn|Hamilton|1984|p=347}} During the autumn of 1922, Strasser officially became a member of the NSDAP and the [[Sturmabteilung|SA]].{{sfn|Read|2005|p=117}} Strasser's leadership qualities were soon recognized, and he was appointed as regional head of the ''[[Sturmabteilung]]'' ("Storm Detachment"; SA) in [[Lower Bavaria]].{{sfn|Kershaw|2000|p=270}} In November 1923, he took an active part in the unsuccessful [[Beer Hall Putsch]], a coup attempt by Hitler and [[Erich Ludendorff|Ludendorff]] against the [[Weimar Republic]]. He was tried with other putschists shortly after Hitler's trial, convicted of aiding and abetting high treason—his actual arrest was for attempting to recruit soldiers for the NSDAP, which had been outlawed{{sfn|Childers|2017|p=72}}—on 12 May and sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment and a small fine.{{sfn|Stachura|1983|p=33}}

After a few weeks Strasser was released because he had been elected a member of the Bavarian [[Landtag]] for the NSDAP-associated "[[Völkisch movement|Völkischer]] Block" on 6 April and 4 May (in the Palatinate) 1924, respectively.{{sfn|Read|2005|p=118}} In December 1924 Strasser won a seat for the "völkisch" [[National Socialist Freedom Movement]] in the [[Reichstag (Weimar Republic)|Reichstag]]. He represented the constituency Westphalia North.{{sfn|Stachura|1983|p=34}}

After the restoration of the NSDAP by Adolf Hitler on 26 February 1925, Strasser became the first ''[[Gauleiter]]'' of [[Lower Bavaria]].{{sfn|Read|2005|pp=123–124}} Because Strasser led up to 2,000 men in Landshut and was overworked, he began looking for an assistant.{{sfn|Read|2005|p=119}} Heinrich Himmler, who obtained the job, was tasked with expanding the organization in Lower Bavaria.{{sfn|Rosmus|2015|p=36fn}} In December 1926, Strasser's ''[[Gau (German)#The Nazi Party Gaue|Gau]]'' merged with that of the [[Upper Palatinate]] and Strasser headed the enlarged ''Gau''. After a subsequent partition on 1 October 1928, the Upper Palatinate was taken over by [[Adolf Wagner]] while Strasser continued as ''Gauleiter'' of Lower Bavaria until 1 March 1929.{{sfn|Höffkes|1986|p=327}}