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2. Causes, events
and results of
Munich Putsch 1923
- CAUSES
- Hitler believed that the moment
had come to topple over Weimar
Government. 3 reasons:
- 1. Hyperinflation: miserable lives
in Rhur. Membership of NSDAP
grown to 55,000 mainly
around Munich and the capital of
Bavaria and in S Germany =
hoped to make a national impact
- 2. Hitler sensed that
new government under
Stressemann had just
called off passive
resistance in the Rhur -
act quickly before
unrest dies down
- 3. Stressemann = cracking down on
extremist groups. Hitler could see a crack
down on right wing groups coming next.
- 1. Hyperinflation: miserable lives
in Rhur. Membership of NSDAP
grown to 55,000 mainly
around Munich and the capital of
Bavaria and in S Germany =
hoped to make a national impact
- Hitler believed that the moment
had come to topple over Weimar
Government. 3 reasons:
- EVENTS
- 8th of Nov. =
meeting of
3000 officials
of Bavarian
government
- Hitler burst in w/
600 SA troops
- announced the
takeover of the
government
- SA troops began taking
over official buildings
- SA troops began taking
over official buildings
- announced the
takeover of the
government
- Hitler burst in w/
600 SA troops
- Weimar
government
opposed him
the next day
- SA only had 2000 rifles (much less
than the local police and armed
forces but he continue fighting)
- 18 people died
- Hitler managed to escape in a car
and left the others to face the police
- 18 people died
- SA only had 2000 rifles (much less
than the local police and armed
forces but he continue fighting)
- 8th of Nov. =
meeting of
3000 officials
of Bavarian
government
- RESULTS
- Short term
- Hitler and 3
other members
were put on trial
- found guilty - treason
- sentenced to 5 years
in Landsberg Castle
- sentenced to 5 years
in Landsberg Castle
- found guilty - treason
- NSDAP was banned
- Munich Putsch = defeat
and humility for HItler.
- Munich Putsch = defeat
and humility for HItler.
- Hitler used his trial to
get publicity for his views
- gained popularity for
himself and his ideas
- every word was
published in the
newspapers
- every word was
published in the
newspapers
- gained popularity for
himself and his ideas
- Hitler and 3
other members
were put on trial
- Long term
- Hitler impressed the judges
- He and his accomplices
got off very lightly
- Only given 5 years in prison
(should've been life sentence)
- Only given 5 years in prison
(should've been life sentence)
- He and his accomplices
got off very lightly
- Ban of NSDAP
was lifted in 1925
- NSDAP won 32 seat in the
Reichstag 1924 election
- NSDAP won 32 seat in the
Reichstag 1924 election
- Hitler only served 9
months of his sentence in
great comfort of the castle
- He wrote Mein Kanpf
- He wrote Mein Kanpf
- Because of the failure of the
Putsch, Hitler realised that
he needed a new approach
to take over Germnay
- Hitler impressed the judges
- Short term
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