The Munich Putsch

The Munich Putsch

1. Learning Objectives : Understand the causes of the Munich Putsch Identify the key features of the Munich Putsch To evaluate the consequences and analyse the successes and failures of this event. The Munich Putsch STARTER: Recap on what we know about the Nazi party so far. www.b.socrative.com/login/student/ Room Number: 418028

2. During the crisis of 1923, Hitler plotted with two nationalist politicians - Kahr and Lossow - to take over Munich in a revolution. Hitler collected his storm troopers and told them to be ready to rebel. But then, on 4 October 1923, Kahr and Lossow called off the rebellion . This was an impossible situation for Hitler, who had 3,000 troops ready to fight . The Munich Putsch LO: Identify the key features of the Munich Putsch Hitler is angered as Kahr and Lossow call off the rebellion

3. The Munich Putsch LO: Identify the key features of the Munich Putsch On the night of 8 November 1923, Hitler and 600 storm troopers burst into a meeting that Kahr and Lossow were holding at the local Beer Hall . Waving a gun at them, Hitler forced them to agree to rebel - and then let them go home. The SA took over the army headquarters and the offices of the local newspaper. ‘No one leaves this room alive without my permission’

4. The next day, 9 November 1923, Hitler and his Nazis went into Munich on what they thought would be a triumphal march to take power. However, Kahr had called in police and army reinforcements. There was a short scuffle in which the police killed 16 Nazis. Hitler fled, but was arrested two days later . The Munich Putsch LO: Identify the key features of the Munich Putsch

5. The Munich Putsch LO: Understand the causes of the Munich Putsch Why might Hitler have decided to start a revolution at this time? W hy N azis S upported M unich B attle W eimar weaknesses N azi Party Growing S tresemann calls off resistance M ussolini’s Example B avarian Rebellion called off

6. The Munich Putsch LO: To evaluate the consequences and analyse the successes and failures of this event Create a newspaper report on the Munich Putsch-pay attention to the success criteria below when writing your report: A newspaper headline and name A newspaper feel Pictures Use of columns Historical knowledge Interviews with those involved Clearly tells the story Uses the sources below A interpretation of whether the putsch was a success or a failure for the Nazis

7. The Putchists on Trial

8. Consequences Hitler gained recognition not only for the Putsch but also for the trial that took place later. His 24 day trial reached the front page on a daily basis. He twisted the trial so even though he still went to prison, he drummed up much support. He was the "saviour" of the German people. He was such an orator that the way he spoke influenced the judges on their decisions. The judge himself was a Nazi supporter. Hitler was given 5 years with the chance of parole after just nine months.. This bias occurred again in other trials of members of the NSDAP and therefore shows again that the elites of German society were against the Weimar Republic. The Munich Putsch LO: To evaluate the consequences and analyse the successes and failures of this event

9. The Munich Putsch failed in its aim to take over. As a result : The Nazi party was banned , and Hitler was prevented from speaking in public until 1927. (But the ban was weakly enforced and the party gained an enormous amount of publicity!) 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 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 led to the Hitler and the Nazis taking control . The Munich Putsch LO: To evaluate the consequences and analyse the successes and failures of this event

10. Hitler stated: “Instead of working to achieve power by armed conspiracy, we shall have to hold our noses and enter the Reichstag against the Catholic and Marxist deputies. If outvoting them takes longer than outshooting them, at least the results will be guaranteed by our own Constitution!” The Munich Putsch LO: To evaluate the consequences and analyse the successes and failures of this event