Bryant Langmuir The Putsch November 1923 Hitler decides that the Nazis are strong enough to take over the German Government November was when hyperinflation was at its worst and Gustav Stresemann had given into the French by ending the passive resistance in Ruhr ID: 377195
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Chapter 9: The Munich Putsch, 1923
Bryant LangmuirSlide2
The Putsch
November 1923: Hitler decides that the Nazis are strong enough to take over the German Government.
November was when hyperinflation was at it’s worst and Gustav Stresemann had given into the French by ending the passive resistance in Ruhr.
Hitler planned marching to Berlin at the head of the S.A. (the
Sturmabteilung
)
Hitler was sure people would follow him.Slide3
November 8th
: Hitler broke into a meeting between three Bavarian leaders in a beer hall.
600 Storm Troopers were backing him up.
Hitler, himself, held one of the leaders at gunpoint and forced them all to tell the crowd that they supported him.
General Ludendorff came in and announced his support of Hitler.Slide4
Hitler told the crowd of people that he was going to accomplish the promise he had made when he was injured after the war: to have the November Criminals punished and to lead Germany into greatness.
Storm Troopers, led by Ernst Röhm, were arresting government officials as Hitler spoke.Slide5
November 9
th
: The plan turns for the worse. The three Bavarian leaders broke their promise and sent an army to attack Ernst Röhm
Hitler and Ludendorff sent 2000 Nazis to rescue Rohm
They marched to the center of Munich but they were ambushed by the police
16 Nazis died and Hitler escaped with Ludendorff
Both were arrested and charged with high treason.Slide6
Trial and Imprisonment
Hitler’s trial lasted 24 days and every German newspaper was covering it.
Ironically, this was the biggest audience Hitler had ever had.
Hitler used his public speaking abilities to his advantage. He spoke of how he did everything to help Germany and the honor he expressed toward the country,
The judges were so impressed that they let Ludendorff go and gave Hitler a sentence of five years (chance of parole in six months).
The rest of the Nazis were given equally small sentences.Slide7
Hitler served his prison time at
Lansberg
Fortress.
The conditions were very good for a prison: as many visitors as he liked, books and newspapers for him to read, and plenty of food.
While in prison, he wrote his infamous book
Mein
Kampf
(My Struggle) which described all of his political ideas and the future he hoped for Germany.
He was released in December 1924 (only nine months of his sentence).