The Munich Putsch and Its Consequences

Question 1

When did the putsch take place?

Answer 1

1923

Question 3

What did the Nazi party believe?

Answer 3

Democracy only led to a weak government so there should be only one political party with one leader

Question 4

What did the Nazis plan to do?

Answer 4

To take over the government and set up General Ludendorff as the leader of Germany

Question 5

What did the Nazis do on 8th November 1923?

Answer 5

Hitter and 600 of his SA burst into a meeting (Von Kahr, Lossow, Von Seisser) in order to force them to support their plan. Then Rohm and the SA took over the local police and army headquarters but not the local army base

Question 6

Why was the putsch unsuccessful?

Answer 6

Kahr had been allowed to leave the beer hall and the following day he withdrew his support

Question 7

How did the government respond?

Answer 7

Ordered the army to crush the revolt

Question 8

What happened on the 9th November 1923?

Answer 8

Hitler gathered with 1000 SA and 2000 volunteer supporters and marched on Munich town center to declare himself the President of Germany, he hoped people would support him but they didn’t, the group was met by state police, someone opened fire then Ludendorff, Rohm and Streicher were arrested

Question 9

Who was involved with this putsch?

Answer 9

The Nazi party (Adolf Hitler, 55,000 nazis and the SA) and General Ludendorff

Question 10

When was the ban on the NSDAP lifted?

Answer 10

16th Febuary 1925

Question 11

Where were the nazi headquarters and how were they organised?

Answer 11

Munich, organised like a mini state with Hitler as the leader of departments for all aspects of government

Question 12

How was a national nazi party created?

Answer 12

Germany was split into 35 gaue and each of these had a leader (Gauleiters). Gregor stressed became a powerful Gauleiter in the north and Goebbels in the Rhineland

Question 13

What 5 organisations did Hitler set up to interest certain groups?

Answer 13

Nazi students league, teachers league, women’s league, national youth movement, the SA had a section called The German Women’s Order

Question 14

When and why was the Bamberg conference in Bavaria held?

Answer 14

1926, to confirm Hitlers leadership after threats from Goebbels and Strasser who wanted the party to become more socialist

Question 15

Which 4 ideas were pre dominant in Mein Kampf?

Answer 15

Superiority of Aryan race, expanding into Poland and Russia to get lebensraum (living space), complete obedience to the fuhrer, throwing off democracy and putting power into the hands of the state

Question 16

How long was Hitler in prison for after the putsch and what did this show?

Answer 16

Sentenced to 5 years but released after 9 months -showed a sign of support from the judge

Question 16

What did Nazis change about their methods of gaining power?

Answer 16

They realised they had to achieve power through legal and democratic methods as oppose to violence

Question 16

How did the Nazis party’s membership increase after the putsch?

Answer 16

Small right wing groups volunteered to be absorbed into the Nazi party

Question 17

What did the Munich Putsch give the Nazis?

Answer 17

Their first nationally recognised martyrs (14 Nazis killed in the putsch) who could be used in propaganda throughout the 1930s

Question 18

What did Hitler create after his release from prison and why?

Answer 18

The SS because he saw how influential the Friekorps and General Ludendorff had been in the putsch

Question 19

How did the Nazis become more popular on a national level?

Answer 19

They started to arrange rallies to make the most of their newly found publicity and to attract more members

Question 20

Which was the most significant consequence of the putsch?

Answer 20

Nazi reorganisation

Question 21

What happened on 4th November?

Answer 21

Kahr and Lossow called off the rebellion when Hitler had 3000 troops ready to fight

Question 22

Who had Hitler plotted with during the crisis of 1923?

Answer 22

Kahr and Lossow, nationalist politicians

Question 23

Why did Hitler think 1923 was the right time to take over Germany? 5 reasons

Answer 23

After three other rebellions had taken place, people were suffering unemployment, Germany’s economy was failing, Nazi party had 55,000 members, he thought he would be helped by important nationalist politicians in Bavaria, thought he would lose control of the SA if he did not give them something to do

Question 24

What happened on 11th November 1923?

Answer 24

Hitler was found hiding at a friends house in a wardrobe and was arrested. 14 Nazis were dead, Hitler dislocated his shoulder and his allies were in jail so the putsch had failed