the BEGINNINGS of hitler
- The Kapp Putsch, 1920
- In German Putsch stands for Coup d'etat
- Freikorps are asked to disband
- Treaty of Varsailles (100,000 army)
- Wolfgang Kapp march on Berlin in March 1920
- German workers save Weimar Republic - general strike
The Freikorps (Free Corps)- An anti-revolutionary volunteer force
- Army officers set it up as the army demobilized after WWI
- Instrumental in putting down spartakists and attacking Berlin a year later
- 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
- It fails
- Both Hitler and Gen. Ludendorff arrested and sent to Landsberg Prison
Mein Kampf- While in prison Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf" (My struggle) with the help of Rudolf Hess
- Lebensraum (living space)
- Anti-Semetism (hatred of jews)
- Anti-communist
- Need to re-arm and get rid of Versailles
- The rise of the Aryan Race
Quote: "It is always more difficult to fight against faith than against knowledge."
- Adolf Hitler
- Adolf Hitler
Summary: In 1923, Hitler led the Munich Beer Hall putsch to try and spark a change in government. As a result, he was imprisoned in Landsberg prison and from that he wrote his book "Mein Kampf".