dɹˈɔːn tə ðə nˈæʃənəlˌɪst ænd ˈæntaɪsɛmˈɪɾɪk plˈætfɔːɹm ʌv ˈædɑːlf hˈɪtlɚz nˈɑːtsi pˈɑːɹɾi, bˈʌtmən tˈʊk pˈɑːɹt ɪnðə fˈeɪld bˈɪɹ hˈɔːl pˈʌtʃ ˌɔn nˈaɪn noʊvˈɛmbɚ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd twˈɛnti θɹˈiː.
Drawn to the nationalist and anti-Semitic platform of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party, Buttmann took part in the failed Beer Hall Putsch on 9 November 1923.