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.
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.