Hitler and the Nazi Party collaborated with others such as General Ludendorff and Gustav von Kahr to put a plan together to attempt a military coup. By August , the plan was set and weapons and transport were gathered. Following a signal from the Bavarian parliament, all of those involved in the plan would march to Berlin to seize power. In November , the others involved in the plan began to have second thoughts after hearing that the army in Berlin would defend the government.
Hitler was determined that the plan would go ahead. On the 8 November , he marched into a beer hall in Munich, where von Kahr was giving a speech. Hitler declared his intention to take over the government and start a national revolution. Von Kahr gave his support to Hitler at gunpoint. However, as soon as Hitler left to sort out a disagreement between the SA and troops, he withdrew his support, moved the Bavarian government, and declared the Nazi Party a banned organisation.
On the following morning, the 9 November , Hitler led a demonstration through the streets of Munich, aiming to take control of the war ministry building. Armed police blocked their route, and violence broke out on both sides. Fourteen Nazis and four policemen were killed.
Hitler fled the scene, and was arrested two days later on the 11 November He was sent to Landsberg Prison and put on trial for treason. He was found guilty of treason, but, with a sympathetic judge, was sentenced to just five years in prison. Of this five years, Hitler only served nine months. Whilst in serving his prison sentence in Landsberg Prison, Hitler devoted his time to writing his autobiography, Mein Kampf My Struggle.
The first volume of the book was published in , and the second followed a year later in Initially, sales of the book were slow. Image shows a copy of the Editorship Law. On 3 October , shortly after its defeat, France introduced its first antisemitic law under occupation - the Statut de Juifs. Section: How did the Nazis rise to power? What was the Holocaust? Life before the Holocaust Antisemitism How did the Nazis rise to power?
Life in Nazi-controlled Europe What were the ghettos and camps? Nazi Party: Hitler with Nazi Party members in Privacy Policy. Skip to main content. Search for:. The Nazi Party Learning Objective Analyze the reasons for the success of the Nazi Party.
Around that time, the party only had around 6o members. In , Hitler and other Nazi Party members attempted a coup, which landed Hitler in prison for one year. Upon his release, Hitler continued to expand the Nazi base and by , the party had , members. Key Terms Aryan A racial grouping term used in the period of the late 19th century to the midth century to describe multiple peoples. It has been variously used to describe all Indo-Europeans in general spanning from India to Europe , the original Aryan people specifically in Persia, and most controversially through Nazi misinterpretation, the Nordic or Germanic peoples.
The term derives from the Aryan people from Persia, who spoke a language similar to those found in Europe. From until , it was the sole official youth organization in Germany and was partially a paramilitary organization.
Licenses and Attributions. The new regime could neither handle the depressed economy nor the rampant lawlessness and disorder. This site explores the consequences of Germany's defeat in WWI. The German population swallowed the bitter pill of defeat as the victorious Allies punished Germany severely. In the Treaty of Versailles , Germany was disarmed and forced to pay reparations to France and Britain for the huge costs of the war. This site contains the complete Treaty of Versailles as well as maps and related material.
The German Workers' Party , the forerunner of the Nazi Party, espoused a right-wing ideology, like many similar groups of demobilized soldiers.
Adolf Hitler joined this small political party in and rose to leadership through his emotional and captivating speeches. He encouraged national pride, militarism, and a commitment to the Volk and a racially "pure" Germany. Hitler condemned the Jews, exploiting antisemitic feelings that had prevailed in Europe for centuries.
By the end of , the Nazi Party had about 3, members. Adolf Hitler's attempt at an armed overthrow of local authorities in Munich, known as the Beer Hall Putsch , failed miserably.
The Nazi Party seemed doomed to fail and its leaders, including Hitler, were subsequently jailed and charged with high treason. However, Hitler used the courtroom at his public trial as a propaganda platform, ranting for hours against the Weimar government. By the end of the day trial Hitler had actually gained support for his courage to act.
The right-wing presiding judges sympathized with Hitler and sentenced him to only five years in prison, with eligibility for early parole. Hitler was released from prison after one year. Other Nazi leaders were given light sentences also.
This site details Hitler's Beer Hall Putsch. This work detailed Hitler's radical ideas of German nationalism, antisemitism, and anti-Bolshevism. Linked with Social Darwinism, the human struggle that said that might makes right, Hitler's book became the ideological base for the Nazi Party's racist beliefs and murderous practices. This site discusses many of the ideas contained within Mein Kampf.
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