B: Munich Putsch and lean years of the Nazi Party 1923-9

• What were many Germans angry about at the end of WW1?

  ‘Stab in the back’ myth and reparations
• What was the ‘stab in the back’ myth?

  Belief that Germany was betrayed by internal enemies
• Where was nationalist sentiment against the Weimar Republic particularly strong?

  Bavaria
• Who were the Bavarian nationalist state leaders that sympathised with the NSDAP?

  Gustav von Kahr
• How was Hitler influenced by Mussolini?

  By Mussolini’s Fascist party and tactics
• What significant event did Mussolini have in 1922?

  A march on Rome
• When did hyperinflation peak in Germany?

  November 1923
• What was the purpose of the putsch in November 1923?

  To build on people's anger against the government
• What perception did some Germans have about the Weimar Republic?

  It was weak in the face of provocation (action or speech angering someone)
• What event in January 1923 contributed to the perception of the Weimar Republic's weakness?


  The French occupation of the Ruhr