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wiemar republic munich
pustch
- why did hitler attemt the munict pustch?
- By 1923, the Nazi party had 55,000 members and was stronger than ever before
- The Weimar Republic was in crisis and about to collapse
- In September 1923, the Weimar government had called off the general strike, and every German
nationalist was furious with the government.
- hitler thought he would be helped by important nationalist
politiciansin Bavaria.
- Hitler had a huge army of storm troopers, but he knew he
would lose control of them if he did not give them something
to do.
- Hitler hoped to copy Mussolini - the
Italian fascist leader - who had come to
power in Italy in 1922 by marching on Rome.
- results of the munich pustch
- The Nazi party was banned, and Hitler was prevented from
speaking in public until 1927.
- Hitler went to prison, where he wrote 'Mein Kampf'. Millions of
Germans read it, and Hitler's ideas became very well-known.
- Hitler decided that he would never come
to power by revolution; he realised that he
would have to use constitutional means, so
he organised:
- the Hitler Youth
- propaganda campaigns
- mergers with other right-wing parties
- o local branches of the party, which tried to get Nazis
elected to the Reichstag
- the SS as his personal bodyguard, which
was set up in 1925 It was this strategy of
gaining power legitimately that eventually
brought him to power.