1923-26: munich putsch
Cards (6)
- 1922: a nationalist party overthrew the italian government, inspiring hitler to do the same in germany.
- why hitler thought it was right time for a putsch:
- weimar republic seemed weak
- hyperinflation was at its peak , were food riots
- germans were angry at the french and belgian invasion of the ruhr when the government stopped resistance by ending the strike there in 1923- discontent stopped
- nov 1923- nazi marched into munich:
- hitler soldiers occupied a beer hall in bavarian city of munich where local government leader were having meeting.-announced that the revolution has begun.
- next day hitler marched into munich supported by his sa
- news of the revolt had been leaked to the police and they were waiting for him
- police fired on the rebels and the revolts quickly collapsed
- after of the fail:
- hitler was imprisoned for his role in this munich putsch but his trial gave him valuable publicity.
- wrote of a book in prison called mein kampf describing his beliefs and ambitions.
- mein kampf was a vital spreading nazi ideology - introduced hitler's belief that the aryan race was superior to all other races and that all germans had the right to 'lebensraum' (more space to live).
- after the munich putsch hitler changed tactics:
- mid 1920s: german economy was starting to recover under stresemann- general support for the nazis declined and overturning the government through a coup no longer was realistic.
- nazi party was banned after the putsch along with the sa.
- dec 1924: hitler released from jail
- feb 1925: ban on the nazi party was lifted
- hitler re-established the nazi party with himself as supreme leader
- changed tactics: now tried to gain control through the democratic system- involves restructuring the nazi party to be more successful in national elections.
- 1926:
- held a conference in bamberg- worried that the party has become divided, some wanted to go in socialist direction but made it clear that they would only follow his agenda.