The Munich Putsch
- Created by: Alice Edwards-King
- Created on: 25-04-15 17:34
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- The Munich Putsch
- Hitler was angry that Germany had given into France.
- Angry that passive resistance was called off. It was believed that it was an act of betrayal.
- 8th November 1923, Kahr and his 2 most senior Bavarian officials were addressing a meeting at a beer hall in Munich.
- Hitler arrived with 600 SA.
- He stopped the meeting after firing 2 gunshots.
- Hitler took Kahr and his ministers into a ide room at gunpoint.
- Prisoners refused to speak until Hitler threatened to kill himself.
- Kahr and his men agreed to support Hitler.
- The next day Hitler, Ludendorff and 3000 Nazis marched into Munich.
- They found the police and army waiting for them.
- The police used rubber truncheons and rifle butts to push back the crowds.
- A bullet was fired and may swept over the street from both sides.
- Hitler fell and dislocated his ankle.
- The shooting lasted 1 minute and 16 Nazis and 3 policemen died.
- Hitler scrambled into his car and left the site.
- Ludendorff was arrested straight away but Hitler followed 2 days later.
- In February 1924, a trial began of the leading members of the Putsch.
- The trial gave Hitler a national platform to speak.
- Hitler was sentenced to 5 years imprisonment but only served 5 months.
- He wrote his book 'Mein Kampf' while in prison.
- Ludendorff was let off with no prison sentence. Other Nazi leaders were given short sentences.
- The years after the Putsch were difficult for the Nazis.
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