1. By many, the Munich Putsch is considered a failure. In the perspective of Hitler's rise to power, it was actually a huge advantage on his part. It was on November 8 of 1923 that Lossow and Kahr were at a the Munich beer hall addressing the congregation of about 2,000 right wing supporters. Suddenly, Hitler and his fellow stormtroppers stormed in declaring a national revolution. Hitler forced Lossow and Kahr to support him and the march on Berlin or he would kill the both of them as well as himself; this gained Lossow and Kahr's support. Upon hearing the news on November 9, President Ebert declared a state of emergency. While Lossow and Kahr were denoucning their support and General Seeckt was ordering Lossow to crush the revolt, Ludenorff was persuading Hiter not to give up on the march and to continue with full for and full confidence. During the actual march itself, Hitler was arrested after they were met with resistance from the Bavarian soldiers; many Nazis died. Because Hitler was arrested, it was an action of publicity on Hitler and the NSDAP's part. People saw Hitler's attempt at takeover as pride in nationalism. He showed up in the news and became big in the public eye. During his time in jail, he used his private secreary to dictate his book Mein Kampf. He also reevaluated his view on takeover and took another approach, which ended up succeeding in the end. By his release from jail in the end of 1924, the Nazi party was vanishing, but in no time Hitler had it up and running again. In conclusion, the Munich Putsch failed according to the original layout and plan that it had, but in the big scheme of Hitler's rise to power, it was quite the advantage.
The Nazis 25-point Program
2. Based on the 25-point Program, the main ideas of the NSDAP when Hitler joined it were: (He helped framed these points after joining in 1919, along with Nazi founder Anton Drexler. Hitler would replace Drexler as leader in 1921.)
- Unity of the German people... but only true blood German people; no Jews
- Germans have the right to vote/only citizens, therefore no Jews could vote either
- Land and territory expansion -- for the citizens
- Equal rights and duties of citizens; first duty must be mental and physical -- for the greater good of the community
- Demands of:
- abolition of unearned incomes from work
- profit sharing in industries
- creation and maintenance of a healthy middle class
- new education system
- comprehensive health care program
- newspapers against things for the common good = banned
- freedom of religion BUT it can't endanger the state or affect moral standards of the German race
- basically -- be a Christian German
- strong central power of the Reich
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