The Munich Putsch Lesson starter 1 Take 6
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The Munich Putsch Lesson starter: 1. Take 6 post-it notes 2. Split the events of the Putsch into 6 key events 3. Write 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… • 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…
• 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
Vocabulary PUTSCH An attempt to take over a country or area
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
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 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
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
• 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
‘The personification of the devil as the symbol of all evil assumes the living shape of the Jew’ Adolf Hitler Mein Kampf
N 5 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
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 http: //www. bbc. co. uk/sch Putsch as if Angela has ools/gcsebitesize/his tory/mwh/germany/m no idea about it unichputschrev 1. shtml • You must include Today's date 1924 • The aim of the Putsch Dear Angela, • The events of the I write this letter from Putsch Landsberg prison. I know you • The results of the have no idea I am in prison. Let me tell you what happened… Putsch
Today we will… • Understand the events of the Munich Putsch • Assess how Hitler used his trial and imprisonment to his political advantage
- Why did the beer hall putsch fail
- Munich putsch sources
- What was the impact of the beer hall putsch?
- Beer hall putsch definition
- Lesson starter
- Bellamy salute
- Munich weather radar
- Munich currency
- The courtyard of the old residency in munich
- Munich airport car parking
- Molching himmelstrasse
- Munich re natcatservice
- Autoportrait (dürer, munich)
- Oktoberfest munich hotels
- Sat to munich
- Munich agreement
- Peter mortimer munich