History

• The Putsch was not good for Hitler in the short term
• Consequences of the Putsch in the short term

  • Hitler was in prison
  • The NSDAP was banned
  • The Putsch had failed miserably because of lack of support
• In the long term, the consequences were more positive for Hitler and the NSDAP
• How Hitler used the trial and his time in prison

  1. Used the trial to publicise his views

  2. Used his time in prison to write Mein Kampf, which became a bestseller and outlined his political ideas and views on Jews
• What the Putsch made Hitler realise

  • The party needed to rethink its tactics and be more organised in order to win support nationally
  • Violence and force wasn't enough
• Hitler was found hiding at a friend's house and was arrested

  11 November 1923
• Hitler was released from prison after only nine months
• The ban on the NSDAP was lifted by 1925
• Bamberg Conference


  1926
• Bamberg Conference


  1. Hitler organised this conference to address splits between the socialist and nationalist wings of the Nazi movement

  2. Hitler's power as leader was secured

  3. Hitler's vision of Nazism taken forward
• Had a look
• Nearly there
• Growth in support, 1929-32
• In this period, the Nazis reorganised to benefit from the Weimar Republic's weaknesses and economic problems. Hitler's appeal as a leader also benefited them.
• Bank panic, Germany 1931
• German businesses had to pay back loans
• Wall Street Crash, USA, October 1929
• US companies lost billions of dollars in value
• Many banks and businesses were ruined, and worldwide depression resulted
• US stopped lending money to Germany and demanded all loans be repaid
• Germany had to pay increased taxes to give the government money
• Germany couldn't borrow money from the US and refused to provide more money
• The actions of these people were
• The former army general Paul von Hindenburg
• Food distribution Board
• First World War hero
• The Weimar Republic's Chancellor Heinrich Brüning
• General Franz von Papen, the politician and friend of Hindenburg
• Kurt von Schleicher, the army general
• Increased taxes
• Made cuts to the employment base and some lost their jobs
• Government workers had wages cut
• The army grew
• Many German people were badly affected by job losses
• With so much unemployment, and benefits slashed, families suffered terrible poverty
• The Hitler appeal
• Strong leader
• He traveled around the country giving speeches and appearing on the radio
• The party adopted modern tactics like using posters and aeroplanes
• The tactics of the moving SA troopers helped to increase support for the Nazis