Composition. The Nazi Party had roughly two thousand men situated throughout Munich in several of the larger beer halls. The State police charged with upholding the peace in Munich had patrols throughout the city. There is no reporting of any military operations taking place during this time. In the final exchange Kershaw stated that the police and local military totaled one hundred thirty. Von Lopp states that the force numbered closer to three hundred and fifty. Regardless of which author was correct the Nazis had the advantage of numbers (Kershaw 2008) (Von Lopp 2011).
Technology. While the Nazi Party was armed with pistols and sub machine guns, they had no form communication other than runners. The police and military had comparable
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Hitler’s military leadership experience was limited. This fact was negated with the assistance of WW1 General Erich Ludendorff. The police and military leaders though well trained where not of the caliber of General Ludendorff giving the Nazis the advantage (Kershaw 2008).
Initial Disposition The main goal of the Nazi Party was the overthrow of the Weimar Republic in Berlin. Hitler with help from World War I general Erich Ludendorff sought the support of the Bavarian state government located in Munich. The ruling triumvirate of Bavaria Gustav von Kahr, police chief Colonel Hans Ritter von Seisser and Reichswehr General Otto von Lossow had plans to establish a nationalist dictatorship without Hitler. Local police remained unaware of the massing of the Nazis due to supporters within the police force (Kershaw 2008).
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Hitler surrounded the beer hall with six hundred armed Nazi Stoßtrupp (SA). other members of the SA moved to occupy the army headquarters (Moorhouse Ed 2004). Hitler and twenty of the SA entered the hall during the meeting; Hitler fired a shot into the ceiling and announced that the national revolution had begun. Hitler moved Kahr, Seisser and Lossow to a back room and demanded that they support him. Kahr refused to support Hitler. Hitler was agitated and left the three with two guards and spoke to the crowd in the main hall. Within a few minutes of speaking to the crowd, Hitler gained their support. With the arrival of General Ludendorff, Hitler finally talked the three into pledging their support to the putsch (Dornberg 1982) (Brendon 2000). Once an agreement was reached the group returned to main hall and made several speeches. The crowd was allowed to leave the hall. Hitler then left the hall on errands, while Ludendorff allowed the three leaders to leave the hall in order to begin work on their positions in the newly formed government (Kershaw 2008). Upon leaving the hall, the three leaders denounced the attempted overthrow and ordered police and military units to suppress the putsch (USHMM 2015
Throughout the span of Hitler’s rule, there was constant confusion within the Third Reich. Hitler’s government was not a monolithic government; instead, there were many different centers of power, including the different military branches and different ministries. The “administrative anarchy” led to constant
3) The ascent of National Socialism. In 1923, Hitler held a meeting of all high-ranking Nazis in a beer hall in Munich, where he revealed his plans for a coup. This failed attempt to overthrow the Weimar government would later be known as the Munich Putsch, which “gave the Nazi’s unparalleled publicity”. The use of the radio in order to spread the National socialist message played a pivotal role in the Nazi parties’ popular rise in society. Due to the ramifications that Germany faced after the First World War, the nation had unquestionably lost faith in tradition and their priorities had shifted to populist nationalism. On the eve of Hitler’s appointment, victory parades took place in dozens of German settlements. The capital saw nearly a million Berliners demonstrate their commitment to the National Socialist party who had pledged to establish “a strong-willed and strong-armed racial state” in “a very new twentieth-century Germany”. History shows that Hitler’s tremendous and irrefutably passionate presence came about at the perfect time, filling the void created by populace sentiment. Much of the
It was under the duress of these departments that opposition was destroyed and support was bolstered, at times out of awe and at times out of terror. “As Hitler’s reflections on propaganda make very clear, he did not see the strength of the state as residing in terror alone. Its strength lay in a combination of its ability to mobilize and to suppress.” (Gregor, 109)
This is evident as on February 1st 1933 Hitler (through mediums such as the radio) broadcasted his “Appeal to the German People” and the SA began to attack the enemies of National Socialism. As a result of this terror and encouraging the use of violence, twenty one days later the police were reinforced with the SA. This was significantly important in the Nazi consolidation of power as it removed threats and made people support the Nazis and Hitler even if the support was drawn out of fear of them being targetted through means of violence and terror, thus increasing support for them. Hitler stressed the issue of the Communist threat which was more important as it meant that more people would oppose them and even go as far as supporting Hitler to effectively legalise violence which their voters believed was needed in order for them to consolidate power and put a stop to the supposed threat. An example of this is that the Reichstag Fire allowed the police to legally arrest suspects without reference to the courts. Another way that the Nazis consolidated their power through violence was at the appointment of 50,000 SA, SS and Stahlhelm members on 22nd February 1933 to create a wave of violence against communists and SPD supporters. There was a failure on the left which weakened the importance of the terror in violence in consolidating power. This is because, the communists and the SPD didn’t believe that the Nazi
Gestapo,was a German secret police force, which was created in 1933 after Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany.
It is to a certain extent that Nazi consolidation of power in 1933 was due to the use of terror and violence. However the terror and violence was very limited because the Nazi's weren’t in a strong enough position to exert terror and violence alone. Nazi propaganda against the communists made most Germans fearful of Communism therefore allowing Nazis to consolidate a bit more power through means of terror. On the other hand the Nazi party’s policy of legality and the threat of communism are to a large extent the underlining most important factor in explaining how the Nazis were able to destroy political
Due to the failure of the Weimar Republic and general public dissatisfaction arising from poor economic conditions exacerbated by the Treaty of Versailles, coupled with the 1929 Wall Street Crash, German citizens were understandably desperate for change. Until this point in time the Nazi party, and Hitler, had been essentially unpopular. However, the economic situation ensured Hitler’s increasing popularity as the people looked toward more extreme but non-communist ideals. The initial consolidation of Nazi power in 1933 arose from key events such as the support of the Nationalist Party with the Nazis to form a coalition government, implementation of the Enabling
In order to grow more popular the National Socialist German Workers Party had to get the support of other groups who were also influential at the time in Germany. In 1930 The Nationalist German Workers Party had gained the support of many wealthy individuals and the entire military order members. By 1933 the Nazis had even gotten closer and had made connections with the President of Germany, who at the time was Paul von Hindenburg. This led to Hitler receiving titles such as the Personal Commander of the Army, Supreme War Lord, and later Chancellor of Germany (“Adolf Hitler”). While Hitler was gaining titles and prestige, he also had to make sure that the party he had worked so hard to build would not fall down, under any circumstances.
On the weekend of the twenty-ninth to the thirtieth of June 1933, Hitler and the SS broke into a hotel in Bad Wiessee where Ernst Röhm and other senior members of the SA were staying and arrested them on account of treason - plotting to
The SS and Gestapo (secret police) acting under the orders of Himmler, made terror a regular occurrence and a matter of state policy. Any sort of opponents were beaten and regularly thrown
In 1933 Adolf Hitler was chosen as Chancellor of Germany by president Paul von Hindenburg. With this, the Nazi party came to power. Originally called the National Socialist German Workers party (Nazi for short), the Nazi party emphasized how Laissez-faire capitalism, economic liberalism, and democracy failed in government. The National Socialists stressed the importance of the impeccability of the German race. Although they had very determined ideas, The Nazi party began as a relatively small group in 1918. But coming into the 1930’s this was not the case. The widespread use of propaganda and radio broadcasting were instrumental to the rise of Hitler and the Nazi party.
Germany was in ruins at the end of WWI, which was perfect for Hitler. People were
Hitler and his parties rise to power were not as swift and decisive as many people think it to have been. Hitler’s political career started as a spy in a Munich Beer hall. According to “The Rise of Adolf Hitler” , Hitler went to a meeting in a beer hall in Munich thinking he was going to stamp out a communist uprising he actually ended up being persuaded to join the group after and outburst impressed several members( Hitler Joins German Workers Party). Although unimpressed by its disorganized and small workings, Hitler saw the party as something that could become a movement and agreed with there doctrine(Hitler Joins German Workers Party). After making many changes the party and its meetings grew in size. In 1921 Hitler was named the leader of the Nazi party. However this and the 55,000 members of the party were not enough. In 1923 on the cusp of a terrible inflation and mass hatred for the government Hitler planned a putsch to overthrow the new government and mimic Mussolini’s march on Rome(The Beer Hall Putch). It failed miserably and Hitler was imprisoned. In prison is when he wrote Mein Kampf. After serving 9 months of a 5 year sentence Hitler was released from prison with the goal of not making the same mistakes. He publicly stated that the only way the Nazis would seek power would be through the system(A New Begging). This would earn him much support and as future elections would ensue the Nazis soon gained a large seat in
Even though Germany was left in a period of struggle and economic weakness after WW1, Adolf Hitler would take a stand by creating a party that would help refine the structure of the economy. This party, when abbreviated, was called Nazi, would also create harsh laws and unrelentless punishment. Due to the Nazi party’s quick growth, there was an immediate impact on lifestyle and politics for the people of Germany. The long term impact brought forth by the consequences or legacy of the Nazi party included a population decrease and an increase in deaths. To make both of these impacts, Hitler had to overcome many hard challenges.
<br>By the summer of 1923, the Nazi party had grown to 150,000 members. Hitler knew this was the right time to take over the government. On November 11,1923, Hitler and his 3,000 men marched to Berlin in an attempt to take it over. The German police were waiting. This was also part of the Beer hall Putsch. Shooting broke out between the two parties. Sixteen Nazis and three policemen laid dead from this massacre. Hitler was sentenced for high treason for 5 years. While he was in prison he wrote Mein Kamp a book that stated his beliefs, and his plan for Germany in the future. He also talked about the superiority of Germans, the concept of the pure-Aryan. He blamed the Jews for the evils of the world and accused them of corrupting everything of ethical and national value.