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The Munich Putsch

The Munich Putsch. Lesson starter: Take 6 post-it notes Split the events of the Putsch into 6 key events Write one on each post it. Today we will…. Understand the events of the Munich Putsch Assess how Hitler used his trial and imprisonment to his political advantage. Background….

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The Munich Putsch

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  1. The Munich Putsch Lesson starter: Take 6 post-it notes Split the events of the Putsch into 6 key events Write one on each post it.

  2. Today we will… • Understand the events of the Munich Putsch • Assess how Hitler used his trial and imprisonment to his political advantage

  3. Background… • As we know, the Weimar government were in a weak position • They had experienced revolt in Berlin and had little support • After Hyperinflation, support for the Weimar government was at an all time low • Adolf Hitler was someone who wanted to take advantage of this weak position…

  4. Hitler was now the leader of a small party called the German Workers’ Party • Their name changed to the NSDAP (or Nazis) • The group planned a putsch, or takeover, which he would lead • They would take over Munich in Bavaria first, followed by the rest of Germany

  5. Vocabulary PUTSCH An attempt to take over a country or area

  6. Who supported the Munich Putsch? • General Ludendorff, WWI military hero • The SA, or ‘brownshirts’, a paramilitary group attached to the Nazi party SA Brownshirt Ludendorff and Hitler

  7. Events of the Putsch - November 1923 • Hitler burst into a Beer hall where Von Kahr, head of Bavaria was speaking and put a gun to his head • He announced he was taking over Bavaria • Ludendorff allowed Von Kahr and his men to leave (they called police) • The next day Hitler and other Nazis marched through Munich and were met by the army • A violent street battle occurred between the SA and the army

  8. Results of the Munich Putsch • 16 Nazis were killed • 3 policemen were killed • Hitler was arrested and tried – he used his trial to inform people of his radical political ideas • Ludendorff was allowed to go free • People began hearing about ‘Herr Hitler’ through his trial/ prison time • The Nazi vote increased to 1.9 m by 1924 – it made the Nazis more well known

  9. Hitler was jailed for 5 years but served only (roughly) 7 months • He was allowed special treatment in jail – visitors, phone calls • It was in jail he wrote his memoirs Mein Kampf (my struggle) – this would later be used by the Nazis as propaganda

  10. ‘The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew’ Adolf HitlerMein Kampf

  11. N5 Question – Original Specimen Paper Describe the events of the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923. 4 marks • Remember - each detailed point must go in a new sentence. • 4 mark question = 4 different points required in your answer! BBC Bitesize Munich Putsch

  12. Today’s Task – imaginative writing • Imagine you are Adolf Hitler in 1923. You are going to write a letter to his sister, Angela • You should describe the events of the Munich Putsch as if Angela has no idea about it • You must include • The aim of the Putsch • The events of the Putsch • The results of the Putsch http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/history/mwh/germany/munichputschrev1.shtml Today's date 1924 Dear Angela, I write this letter from Landsberg prison. I know you have no idea I am in prison. Let me tell you what happened…

  13. Today we will… • Understand the events of the Munich Putsch • Assess how Hitler used his trial and imprisonment to his political advantage

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