Impact of the Munich Putsch

Question 1

Hitler: negative

Answer 1

• He was found guilty or treason and sentenced to five years in prison
• He was humiliated and got a dislocated arm

Question 2

Hitler: positive

Answer 2

• His trial received huge publicity
• Hitler had a furnished room and wore his own clothes
• Allowed visitors and mail every day
• Minimum sentence (right wing judge)
• Wrote Mein Kampf (‘My struggle’)

Question 3

Nazi Party: negative

Answer 3

The party was banned from Bavaria in 1924

Question 4

Nazi Party: positive

Answer 4

• Due to the publicity of the trial, the party won its first seats in the Reichstag (32 seats in May 1926)
• Ban lifted from Bavaria in 1925