Notes
1923 Munich/Beer Hall Putsch
An attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr
Supposed to be like Mussolini’s March on Rome
It fails
Both Hitler and Gen. Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg Prison
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1920 Hitler joined the German Workers party (Anti-Weimar Republic)
He soon became its leader
Changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)
This party created the brownshirted S.A. led by Ernst Rohm a paramilitary force designed after Mussolini’s blackshirts
1928, 12 Nazis are elected to the Reichstag of 647
An attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr
Supposed to be like Mussolini’s March on Rome
It fails
Both Hitler and Gen. Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg Prison
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1920 Hitler joined the German Workers party (Anti-Weimar Republic)
He soon became its leader
Changed its name to the National Socialist German Workers Party (NAZI)
This party created the brownshirted S.A. led by Ernst Rohm a paramilitary force designed after Mussolini’s blackshirts
1928, 12 Nazis are elected to the Reichstag of 647
Summary
Had very small support to support but with angry workers people were moving more to the far left or right of the scale. Hitlers paramilitary group of brownshirts start getting involved in the elections by intimidation.
Subjunctive question
If you lived in Germany and you saw the brownshirts beating and killing your peers what would you do?
Quotes
All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler