The Beer Hall Putsch (Munich Putsch) and Mein Kampf
The Beginning of Hitler
- 1923 Munich/Beer Hall Putsch
- An attempt to overthrow the government after protesting the French Occupation of the Ruhr
- Supposed to be like Mussolini's March on Rome
- People agreed, but in the morning did not come
- It Fails
- Both Hitler and Gen. Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg prison
- A year and a half in prison
Summary: Tried to get citizens to over through the government, they were all hung over and only a fifth of them showed up, so Hitler was sent to prison.
Mein Kampf
- Hitler wrote book in prison
- "Mein Kampf" means my struggle
- Rudolf Hess his scribe
- He outlines the future of Nazism including:
- Lebensraum
- Anti-Semitism
- Anti-communist
- Need to re-arm and get rid of Versailles
- The rise of the Aryan Race
Summary: Was the book Hitler wrote outlining his political views, and what he believed in.
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