Hitler's Rise to Power 1919-33

• In September 1919, Hitler joined the German Worker's Party. By July 1921 Hitler had become leader of the Nazi Party.
• Anton Drexler was the former leader of the German Workers Party (DAP) he wrote the party's 25 point programme in 1920 outlining the key manifestos.
• The SA was led by a man called Ernst Rohm. The SA were sometimes called the Brownshirts
• Munich was located in the state of Bavaria.
• Hitler was inspired by Italian dictator Mussolini and decided to follow his actions by staging the Munich Putsch.
• The immediate cause of the Munich Putsch was the French occupation of the Ruhr. On the 8th November 1923, Hitler and 600 SA troops went into the Bavarian government meeting. General Ludendorff let the government go. During the putsch 3 policemen were killed. 16 Nazi members were also killed in the Munich Putsch. Hitler was later discovered and arrested for high treason on the 11th November 1923. Hitler was sent to Landsberg prison for 9 months. Hitler was also banned from public speaking until 1927. His prison stay was where he wrote his bestseller, Mein Kampf.
• In 1924, the Nazis had 32 seats in the Reichstag. In 1925, the Nazi Party had 27,000 members, by 1929 there were 130,000 members
• The Bamberg Conference was in February 1926 and was a Nazi conference
• Hitler employed a leadership principle called the 'Fuhrerprinzip'
• The Wall St Crash happened in 1929 and had a detrimental impact worldwide, causing the Great Depression. The depression impacted Germany the most by causing mass unemployment. By 1932, 40% of German workers were unemployed. President Hindenburg was in charge during the Great Depression and used Article 48 to bypass the weak coalition governments.
• The Nazi Party used organisations called the SA and the SS to intimidate opponents during the Great Depression. The Nazis had 2.6% of Reichstag votes in 1928. In 1930, 18% of Reichstag votes were for the Nazis. This increased even more by July 1932 as they had 37% of votes.
• In April 1932, Hindenburg was re-elected as President of Germany. In May 1932, Von Papen replaced Bruning as German Chancellor.
• In July 1932, the Nazi Party became the largest party in the Reichstag
• In December 1932, Von Schleicher replaced Von Papen as chancellor.
• In January 1933, Adolf Hitler became the German Chancellor